TipBill
Senior member
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2014
- Messages
- 224
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 03/2014
- Country
- US
- State
- None
Well it is finally over. I was surprisingly calm during the hearing itself but once I got home I fell apart. I can't believe what a huge relief I feel that this is all over and done with.
So I was sitting in the hall and my attorney came out and got me. I went and spoke with the judge and I used all the key words that everybody told me to use. I gave short precise answers. The judge made me really nervous ever though he wasn't actually in the room with me. At one point I got the impression he thought he had caught me lying about something but as it turns out it was him who was confused. So he asked me a bunch of questions then my attorney asked me a bunch of questions and then the VE weighed in. He said he came up with 2 jobs that he felt I could do. One was as an office clerk and the other was a maintenance worker. When he mentioned that one I must have looked at him like he had two heads. No way on earth could I push a mop bucket around and change light bulbs and do whatever it is that a maintenance worker does, so we ruled that one out. The judge started speaking to the VE about codes and such that had to do with what jobs I could work and at that point I was lost. The judge listened to my witness and since she is a pysch nurse I think he
put a lot of stock in what she said. The long and short of it is I didn't get an answer today but on the bright side I didn't get a denial today so I guess that is a good thing.
These disability lawyers have a real good deal going on for them. The judge asked my attorney if he had any openings statements and he said no. Then the lawyer asked me maybe 3 questions and at the end the judge asked him if he had any closing statements and again he said no. I had expected him to get up there and plead my case to the judge which he did not do. Just asked me 3 questions and boom that's it. I don't know what he did for me behind the scenes but my 7 year old granddaughter could have asked me those questions. I mean seriously, he asks 3 questions and he gets to keep a fourth of what I get in back pay if I win. Geesh, what a racket.
The attorney said there maybe a outside chance that they will send me to see another psychiatrist before the judge renders his decision but he thinks it's unlikely. He said I should have a decision in a month if they don't send me to another psychiatrist, two months if they do. My attorney told me that the judge was talking like I would get a favorable outcome so I asked him if he thought my chances were good and he said they were very good.
So once again we sit and wait. I will keep everyone posted as to whether I win or not.
So I was sitting in the hall and my attorney came out and got me. I went and spoke with the judge and I used all the key words that everybody told me to use. I gave short precise answers. The judge made me really nervous ever though he wasn't actually in the room with me. At one point I got the impression he thought he had caught me lying about something but as it turns out it was him who was confused. So he asked me a bunch of questions then my attorney asked me a bunch of questions and then the VE weighed in. He said he came up with 2 jobs that he felt I could do. One was as an office clerk and the other was a maintenance worker. When he mentioned that one I must have looked at him like he had two heads. No way on earth could I push a mop bucket around and change light bulbs and do whatever it is that a maintenance worker does, so we ruled that one out. The judge started speaking to the VE about codes and such that had to do with what jobs I could work and at that point I was lost. The judge listened to my witness and since she is a pysch nurse I think he
put a lot of stock in what she said. The long and short of it is I didn't get an answer today but on the bright side I didn't get a denial today so I guess that is a good thing.
These disability lawyers have a real good deal going on for them. The judge asked my attorney if he had any openings statements and he said no. Then the lawyer asked me maybe 3 questions and at the end the judge asked him if he had any closing statements and again he said no. I had expected him to get up there and plead my case to the judge which he did not do. Just asked me 3 questions and boom that's it. I don't know what he did for me behind the scenes but my 7 year old granddaughter could have asked me those questions. I mean seriously, he asks 3 questions and he gets to keep a fourth of what I get in back pay if I win. Geesh, what a racket.
The attorney said there maybe a outside chance that they will send me to see another psychiatrist before the judge renders his decision but he thinks it's unlikely. He said I should have a decision in a month if they don't send me to another psychiatrist, two months if they do. My attorney told me that the judge was talking like I would get a favorable outcome so I asked him if he thought my chances were good and he said they were very good.
So once again we sit and wait. I will keep everyone posted as to whether I win or not.
