November Girl
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At one point, ALJ hearings had a physician present to interpret the test results. Is this no longer the case?
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The fatigue testing was so, so worth it for me. I had been denied twice by disability and was waiting for a final review scheduled for next Feb. My last resort before court.
I submitted my Fatigue Lab results to the review panel who forwarded them to my insurance company. Today they called and have reversed themselves. I have been put on LTD retroactive a whole year! I was told that their medical expert reviewed the report and was "fastinated", plus they suggested I might want to consider seeing an endocrinologist as my results were unusual. (I held myself back from saying "told you so")
What a relief!
Miss Janny I would be curious to know what their "functional assessment" entice. please ask questions. Will it be performed by a physio, will PEM be recorded? Will it be a standard test assessing grip strength and ability to carry 20 lbs across a hallway? i have done this within the first year of my disability- the conclusions from the physio was that I should be ble to return to work after an intensive 6 weeks of physio. They never asked the impact of that functional assessment on my life-I crashed for 3 month and had horrible generalized joint pain.
Ensure you have a dr apt within days after this assessment and make sure your dr records the symptoms you have. Make sure you hold a daily record of all of your symptoms. And if you can afford it, go to the Pacific Fatigue Lab. While it may not give you your disability, it will provide another point of view from the real experts in our disease.
good luck and let us know how it goes.