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by: ricardo Active Indicator LED Icon 5 OP 
~ 6 years ago   May 16, '17 1:55pm  
Peoria social security hearing office is the sixth toughest in the United States according to this article.
 
www.leadrival.com/th e-10-toughest-odars- in-the-united-states /
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ricardo Active Indicator LED Icon 5 OP 
~ 6 years ago   May 16, '17 2:09pm  
In contrast to that we have the highest approval rates for social security disability offices are listed at this link.
 
www.egenerationmarke ting.com/blog/best-o dar-offices-for-soci al-security-att
 
Almost 75 percent are approved in Honolulu.
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EyeintheSky Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 6 years ago   May 16, '17 2:54pm  
Honolulu is an important resource for those appealing their case for benefits. The SSA will pay for your flight to Honolulu, so you may be able to take a vacation while still winning disability claims!
 
WTF is wrong with this!!!!!!!
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VonsterPeo Active Indicator LED Icon 8
~ 6 years ago   May 16, '17 6:25pm  
@EyeintheSky
 
Government
 
"Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem"
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 6 years ago   May 17, '17 9:25am  
I have a theory on this, I wonder what percentage of ODAR's in the Peoria area are filed through an attorney representative on their initial application and I wonder how that percentage compares to other areas?
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 6 years ago   May 17, '17 9:29am  
The SSA will pay for your flight to Honolulu, so you may be able to take a vacation while still winning disability claims!

@EyeintheSky
 
This does not pass the too bogus to be true test.
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EyeintheSky Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 6 years ago   May 17, '17 12:00pm  
@joepyeweed
 
I know they will pay for travel cost to see Dr's for claims if they want 2nd opinion. We had to drive disabled son to bloomington they paid mileage and hourly rate since he was not able to drive. It was like 15 cents per mile and min wage at the time though.
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Ghostgirl Active Indicator LED Icon  New Member
~ 6 years ago   May 19, '17 1:05pm  
@ricardo
 
I believe it. I have dozens of things wrong with me. Horrible illnesses and I was denied. Yet joe schmo can walk in with something that is workable and walk out with help. I even know someone who faked narcolepsy so he could get it and he was approved!!!! Unbelievable. He is a horrible person anyhow, I have the 2nd most painful disease in the world plus migraines and I can't get approved? That disgusts me.
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~ 6 years ago   May 19, '17 1:40pm  
@Ghostgirl
 
From what I learned they deny every claim and figure only the really needy ones will appeal. Took me 3 years and finally a lawyer for the hearing. This was after having 2 heart attacks.
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Jeanne Active Indicator LED Icon  New Member
~ 6 years ago   May 19, '17 3:38pm  
Have multiple health issues: ASD (large hole in heart),Diverticulitis, Ocular migraines, severe Tendonitis in both arms and wrists, Ulnar neuropathy in right arm, Fibromyalgia. Working full time is excruciating. Cannot sleep due to the extreme pain in both arms. ASD was corrected with surgery, but all the side effects of having too much oxygen pump into my heart for 40 years still remain. Shortness of breath, dizziness, fatigue... I had 4 doctors and over 2,000 pages of medical documents. Didn't go through an attorney. Went through ALLSUP. Worst mistake of my life. It went down to the hearing in the Peoria office, where the judge basically called me an out-right liar and disregarded ALL of my doctors testimony. And did I mention, I had one of those Dr's for 27 years? She was rude, uncaring and cold. I was denied.
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~ 6 years ago   May 19, '17 10:17pm  
She was rude, uncaring and cold. I was denied.
 
@Jeanne
 
I have a friend in Peoria with the same tale. I'm so sorry you went through this, and it breaks my heart to read this. My friend's disease is such that it literally debilitates her more and more as time passes, just like you, if I've read you correctly. My heart goes out to you. It's people like you that I don't mind my tax money paying into, instead of other stuff, you dig?
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 6 years ago   May 22, '17 10:03am  
I was denied

@Jeanne
 
Are you appealing? Use a lawyer. It often takes people a few appeals before they get approved. You can also contact Darrin LaHood's office and let them know your situation and ask them for help with an appeal.
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joepyeweed Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 6 years ago   May 22, '17 10:50am  
I don't know very many people on SSID, but the two people that I do know, their processes were completely opposite.
 
One took several years and several appeals, she had a disease that is not very well known, so its not listed in the list of diseases that qualify under the disability protocol. When she finally had a hearing during her second appeal, and went before judge, she had one of her episodes (called a neuro storm) during her hearing and the judge was frightened and finally approved her benefits.
 
The other one took a few months. The application was filed in June and approved in August. The case manager said that is about the fastest case that she had ever seen. The person technically could have filed for disability years prior but had been working anyway, between long absences on short term disability. His disease is somewhat common, listed as qualifying for disability, and he had years of records, thousands of pages of documents on the treatment and amount of time he had missed work over the years because of his illness.
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