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Default Dec 23, 2016 at 11:39 AM
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Of those of you who are receiving SSDI, does anyone know the percentage (and are you) classified as "medical improvement not expected"? This category receives notice in the award letter that a medical review will be conducted every 5-7 years. I received this and it depressed me even more because here was a federal agency indicating that I should give up. I know others would be happy with this designation but it only depressed me even more than I am already.

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(((Nan))) i know, applying is kind of a, watch what you wish for, you might get it. The letter doesnt change the reality of who you are or what you can do.
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Default Dec 26, 2016 at 08:47 PM
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I understand what you are saying. I haven't been approved for SSDI. I'm receiving badger-care/ Medicaid health Insurance. My quality of life from 1-10 is a 3. I always had health ins. through my employer. I notice the medical doctors are really not interested in finding solutions for my health but seem to want to keep my where I'm at. The ins talk a of better health but really get the feeling they would rather let me stay as I am.
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Default Dec 27, 2016 at 03:20 AM
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I understand the feeling and I don't think it is uncommon. I am not on SSDI, but have a total and permanent rating from the VA. That means no future exams. They are simply done with me because they believe I have no chance of improving. Getting that rating in mental health is pretty rare because improvement is usually expected and a 100% MH rating without it being permanent is uncommon also.

That hit me really hard when I got the notice last Spring and am still trying to climb out of the funk. I lost most of my motivation and have had a lot of bad depression episodes since then. Things are slowly coming back with a ton of effort but in the back of my head there is always 'why bother?'

One way to look at it is that they won't be bothering you for a long while. Those types of exams are stressful and not knowing if they are going to take it back. With SSDI, you either are or are not disabled. They don't use the % system that the VA uses for some reason.

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I read somewhere that less than 2% of people receiving SSDI benefits for two years are able to return to work.

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I can believe it just being out of the work force for a medical condition won't look good on a resume.
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I can believe it just being out of the work force for a medical condition won't look good on a resume.


I thought long and hard about this as I waited 2 years for approval. And I figured (I left my job - first out on stress)...then I applied for Long Term Disability thru my company.

But, that is all confidential. So, I wondered what I would say to a potential employer at the horror of thinking of having to do an interview with my low self esteem, anxiety and stress.

What i would have said was something like...(because my parents and my b/fs parent have been ill) and I have been running them to appointments...I would have said that I had to attend to a sick family member...PERIOD.

Not, blah..blah..and make my lie longer...just period and they really can't question that.

I did think about..well, would they worry I will abandon them? But, it didn't matter because if I were to say I was out on stress with my big drama stories..than I wouldn't get a job anyway.

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