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Date:10/31/2008

up.com/About-SSDI/FAQs.aspx?=PRW2" onclick="linkClick( this.href );" target="_blank" title="Qualify for SSDI">entitled to this benefit," Ms. Ratermann said. "It's important to realize that this is not a simple application process, and appealing your case is the next required step."

4. Applicants didn't provide enough information and detail on their initial application and make the same mistake on appeal. One example is not providing enough detail about how your disability affects your ability to handle activities of daily living. "Someone might say, 'Yes, I can take a shower.' But they forget to mention that they've installed bars, and a seated chair and also get help from a family member to take that shower," Ms. Ratermann explained.

Another example is not providing enough information about your physicians, including their names, addresses, phone numbers and dates of treatment. ''Disability Determination Services staff do not have that information at their fingertips,'' Ms. Ratermann. "Claimants frequently will forget to tell the DDS examiner about all of their doctors, maybe leaving out a specialist or even their primary care physician. Then those records are not included in the case when it is considered."

5. Applicants waste time fighting the decision or trying to correct information that was provided in the initial application and denial. "Everything that you provided in your original application is there to stay, including the denial decision and letter from the Disability Determination Services," she said. "That decision stands;
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