Social Security Disability denying qualified people.

It is heartbreaking when you hear from a lawyer that 90% of all who apply get rejected, despite medical evidence proving the inability to work due to a condition. This is damaging our economy because it is preventing our ability to spend or save that would improve the Gross Domestic Product. The fact that many feel it is an entitlement is wrong; we paid for it by paying our taxes.

I am currently considered disable due to a combination of blood clots and bulging in the cervical discs. On June 14th, my muscles stiffen up and I went unresponsive. People around me thought I had a stroke (it was a LARGE muscle spasm). From that point, my doctor told me he will not clear me until the conditions that caused this to occur disappear, because the next time it will be a stroke. A year later, the flow in my brain is slightly improved, which means it may be another year before I can actually work. I got enough documentation to prove the clots were real and potentially dangerous if I get stressed, but the rejection rational is “You don’t bend, squat, walk, stand, so you can return to your company for employment.” I am a technical support person, when do we not get stressed on the call?

I am 33 years old, and prior to this I had been working since I was 19. I have enough credit in the system to be eligible for social security. I have paid them each year, and when I need them: I get denied. I am currently working with a lawyer to appeal this, but it should not have to be this way. If we have the plenty of facts proving our condition that negates our ability to work, it should be enough to state “Ok, we will approve you.”

Sign if you feel that SSA and our Government is doing us a great disservice by allowing this to continue.