How come SOME persons win "disability" payments for bi-polar disorder?

Question

some persons can get on disability who are bipolar and some are turned down. Why is this?

Answer 1

My mother isn't bi-polar, but she is schizophrenic and went through the mess of trying to get approved for disability about 12 years ago. Social Security turned her down twice (you always expect them to turn you down the first time) and she had to get a lawyer to help her when she appealed the denial. She was finally approved about 3 years after she first applied for disability...

For some, mental illness is debilitating; for others, they can function but with some difficulty for whatever reason. There's no easy way to explain why someone might get approved and why someone else wouldn't. The answers to that are as unique as each person themselves.

Answer 2

you need to get an social security disability attorney. They will work for free until you win, after you win the will take up to 25% of the money you get. That is the most affective way to get SSD, and you get retroactive payments from the day you file your claim, so if you started you claim, and two years later you win, then they will pay you from the date started. ex. you started 2/16/06, you win 2/16/07, your monthly SSD check is $150, when you win your case, you will get 150X12=$1800 for your first check, the $150 every month after. The lawyer will take 25% or less off the $1800 and give you the difference. By the way they always turn down the claims first time you submit it so don't let that stop you, and also don't pay more than 25% to lawyers because they are only supposed to take up to that amount anyone suggest more, that is illegal.

Answer 3

The amount of disability allowance you are paid is based on how disabling your illness is. Most claims are sent back the first time don't ask me why but all you have to do is refill a claim form out again and hope for the best i have filled many out for my clients and have been successful try asking your cpn to complete the form for you or someone who has a sound knowledge of how disabling your manic depression can be and include every detail no matter how small you may think it. It is important.Good luck.

Answer 4

The severity of the disorder would determine whether or not you can get disability. If you are unable to work, your doctor will help you get disability..Most people are turned down for social security the first time they apply. If you feel you are truly disabled apply again. There are also lawyers that specialize in disability claims.

Answer 5

It's not true that you always get turned down the first time you apply for disability for bipolar disorder. I "won" (to use your word) my case the first time I applied. My psychiatrist had documented that I was Bipolar I (the most severe) and that I'd had it probably since childhood with active episodes since adolescence. The answers I had to fill out on the paperwork were as detailed and accurate as I could make them. I was very precise when I talked to the Social Security person in charge of my case, and even more so when I saw the psychiatrist they sent me to for an "independent" evaluation.

I think there were two key reasons for my success: I had a very supportive doctor, and when I went to my interviews I was calm, matter-of-fact, and prepared with instances of past events to support my claim.

Answer 6

you don't win SSDI payments it is not a game to be sick some can only dream of working and try their best to better their life is not a fun way to live most if not all are way below poverty level . the mentally ill are part of the community and are stereo typed and segregated and feared by society they are labeled as lazy welfare bums and freaks .... some think the mentally ill don't LOOK sick so why aren't they working.. walk in their shoes for just a day you wouldn't want to there are also others that are not sick big for instance drunks claiming to be mentally sick and unable so they put on a act to get a free ride it all sums up to some just cant function as well as others .

Answer 7

Probably because some can work at least most the time and some can't. Also because the government can be bad with helping people out, here work and income(people who do benefits) tend to act like the money comes out their own pocket and try to avoid giving you what you are entitled to.

I'm not bipolar, but I am depressed, I was commited to the hospital for 2 and a half months, where I OBVIOUSLY can't work and they wouldn't even help me with my rent.

Answer 8

Honestly, I wouldn't call it winning. If you are ill enough that your doctor is willing to do the paperwork, you are not in a "winning" situation per se. I suffer from major depression and anxiety and I got my Social Security the first time. All that tells me that I am bad enough that they didn't even question me. I only wish I could work. So as far as "winning" per se, I guess I only "won" because my doctor filled out the paperwork in a way that they understood the severity of the illness. Good luck!

Answer 9

some individuals diseases are so debilitating that it makes it difficult for them to function.
So I guess it is based on varying degress of how the illness affects the person.

Answer 10

EDUCATION IS KEY. OH...THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS!! I HAVE LUPUS, IT IS PHYSICAL. IN MENTAL ILLNESS....THERE ARE ALL VARYING DEGREES JUST LIKE IN PHYSICAL ILLNESSES,......DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE CRAZY! PLEASE GOOGLE ALL ILLNESSES AND GO FROM THERE, OR ASK A TEACHER, COUNSELOR..WHAT HAVE YOU. LEARN ABOUT BIGOTRY AND STIGMAS! TAKE CARE.