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It's.easier.to.win.a.World.Series.than.get.Social.Security.disability

Vesti — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:26:26 GMT

Brian Doyle still wears his 1978 World Series ring... on the shaky right hand that symbolizes the life he lives four decades later.

"If it wasn't for family, and friends, we wouldn't be making it," Brian Doyle slowly says.

Doyle made himself a Yankee favorite from two pressure-filled weeks in October, 1978. Filling in for an injured Willie Randolph, the seldom-used second baseman hit .438 against the Dodgers in the World Series, including three hits off future Hall of Famer and future Braves broadcaster Don Sutton. The Yankees won the series in six games.

Three years later Doyle retired with a career batting average of just .161. He went into coaching.

But after a bout with leukemia in the 1990s, Doyle began having problems with his bones. His family blames the chemotherapy, Pentostatin, for causing joint deterioration.

Despite two neck fusions, the pain just got worse. So in 2013, Doyle applied for Social Security disability benefits. He got turned down. Twice. Then the man who learned how to gracefully turn two on the baseball diamond got hit with something else: Parkinson's Disease.

For many Americans like Brian Doyle, getting Social Security disability benefits has become a cruel waiting game.

See.the.story.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/28411579/its-easier-to-win-a-world-series-than-get-social-security-disability

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sgraham30 — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:34:51 GMT

It's very had to get SSDI. The husband of a friend of mine applied 3 times before he was finally approved. It took 18 months before he was finally approved. The poor guy has heart issues, MS, & problems with his eyes.Now since he's been approved, he's getting half of what he was approved for due to "clerical error." My friend says that if they hadn't saved money over the years that he was able to work, they wouldn't be able to make it.

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Mominohio — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:36:11 GMT

I don't see why he should be any different than others that have to go through the process. He played baseball professionally, which doesn't even compare to the vets who have served and continually get the shaft in medical care, and benefits.

Social Security disability is the new welfare, and the government is actually recruiting people to go this route, whether they need it or not. The amount of fraud is staggering, and costing the taxpayers big.

The Social Security disability process needs overhauled, and some of the things qualifying and the people drawing need to be dropped. It was intended for people with real disability, but like everything else run by the government, has exploded and is riddled with waste and fraud.

Should the conditions described in the article be accurate, he should have to go through the process,and if found accurate, should be drawing. I think that making it an overnight process will only increase the abuse and fraud.

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TaxyLady — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:43:55 GMT

There are many people that need SS disability going through the same thing. The difference is they don't have a World Series ring. If he can't wait a couple of years to get SS then he needs to sell the ring.

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Hoovermom — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:00:27 GMT

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Hoovermom — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:01:05 GMT

Chicago Tribune

Apr 30, 1989 - The asking price on Steve Garvey`s 1978 World Series ring was $1,750, and former White Sox pitcher Early Wynn`s 1959 American League .

Not much money to help defray those huge medical bills.

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RetRN — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:04:24 GMT

Have you seen some of the people collecting disability? The system is a train wreck. Those who need it can't get it and those who don't need it somehow manage to get it and love abusing it. Fraud all over the place.

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moonstone dunes — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:14:16 GMT

n/m

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hckynut — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:27:09 GMT

If one knows the ropes I see it is quite easy to get disability. One need look no further than increase in the number of disability checks now going out to people that are far from what I consider disabled.

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TaxyLady — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:29:40 GMT

On 3/17/2015 RetRN said:
Have you seen some of the people collecting disability? The system is a train wreck. Those who need it can't get it and those who don't need it somehow manage to get it and love abusing it. Fraud all over the place.

I agree. I know of a couple who's husband collected SS disability and took out charter fishing parties. His wife made good money also working in local government. Yet another man I know (builder) who has had two back surgeries and can hardly walk is turned down. I don't get it. Something is wrong.

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sciencegeek_1 — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:33:28 GMT

On 3/17/2015 RetRN said:
Have you seen some of the people collecting disability? The system is a train wreck. Those who need it can't get it and those who don't need it somehow manage to get it and love abusing it. Fraud all over the place.

""Seen""?! Not all disabilities are visible. I'd think an RN would know that.

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Suziepeach — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:40:06 GMT

There's also a young man, that worked for FedExp in Kennesaw, GA... a disgruntled employee came in shooting... the young man was a security guard and shot, he's had 34 surgeries and was denied SS disability- his poor wife was begging for help... this young man will never be able to work again.. I have an ex friend that was given full SS disability because she can't lift- don't get me started on that but she bragged about it... It's the Judges and Randy Travis, local investigative reporter on MyfoxAtlanta, did a story on Brian Doyle.... first he had leukemia and now Parkinson's yet he was denied.... He can't even hold his right arm still it shakes so badly... Our SS disability needs to be redone, even poor Vets can't get help..

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LilacTree — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:42:12 GMT

I am already receiving SS, so I could not get SSDI. However my daughter needs it and knows she will not get it because her disease (Lyme) is not recognized in the medical community or any government facility.

I once had a friend who told me I should get a handicapped card for my car as I surely would qualify. I never have applied for one. She said to get one that hangs from a card because then family members can use it. She turned me off on it when she said she uses her daughter's card when she goes shopping at the malls so she can get close to the stores. And this woman could lift weights and run Olympic races, she is so healthy. Nothing wrong with her head either, except for her pronounced narcissism.

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Suziepeach — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:50:57 GMT

Ford, that just makes me so angry what your friend said about the hang up placard! I could apply for one too but I refuse.. I've seen so many people prance into the store, you know they aren't handicapped, young people mostly..

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LilacTree — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:57:48 GMT

On 3/17/2015 Suziepeach said:
Ford, that just makes me so angry what your friend said about the hang up placard! I could apply for one too but I refuse.. I've seen so many people prance into the store, you know they aren't handicapped, young people mostly..

Well this was just one more straw on the way out of our "lifetime friendship." I have no respect for well off people (in more ways than one) who still bilk the system for whatever they can get. She's done it all and she has always gotten away with it. There was one final fallout over bigotry and lies, and it ended for good. And she was the one who ended it because I finally had my say about something she said and then I caught her in the lie and she knew it. She couldn't handle that I exposed her and told me basically to shove off.

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adelle38 — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:04:00 GMT

On 3/17/2015 Ford1224 said:
I am already receiving SS, so I could not get SSDI. However my daughter needs it and knows she will not get it because her disease (Lyme) is not recognized in the medical community or any government facility.

I once had a friend who told me I should get a handicapped card for my car as I surely would qualify. I never have applied for one. She said to get one that hangs from a card because then family members can use it. She turned me off on it when she said she uses her daughter's card when she goes shopping at the malls so she can get close to the stores. And this woman could lift weights and run Olympic races, she is so healthy. Nothing wrong with her head either, except for her pronounced narcissism.

I hate it when able bodied people use handicap cards to park. I have a friend who used to do that although she never did it with me because she asked if I minded her using her mother in laws card to park and I said yes. My 90 year old mom has one but she rarely uses it because she thinks someone else might need it more.

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Suziepeach — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:04:46 GMT

On 3/17/2015 Ford1224 said:
On 3/17/2015 Suziepeach said:
Ford, that just makes me so angry what your friend said about the hang up placard! I could apply for one too but I refuse.. I've seen so many people prance into the store, you know they aren't handicapped, young people mostly..

Well this was just one more straw on the way out of our "lifetime friendship." I have no respect for well off people (in more ways than one) who still bilk the system for whatever they can get. She's done it all and she has always gotten away with it. There was one final fallout over bigotry and lies, and it ended for good. And she was the one who ended it because I finally had my say about something she said and then I caught her in the lie and she knew it. She couldn't handle that I exposed her and told me basically to shove off.

Ford, I also have an ex friend because of things.. I won't go into but the very first time she was approved.. she bragged about certain things and I've kept the email she sent stating she could do anything she wanted but except what her Doctor said... that just hit me wrong... I told her, "You are going to heal but it was like falling on deaf ears". When her dad passed away, they kept driving his car and renewing his handicap plate.. No one in Tennessee questioned it... I was livid knowing they were all driving it and taking a space from someone that really needed it.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr My ex friend said, "I thought you'd be happy for me." I told her... Happy that you're supposed to be disabled, don't make me tell you how I really feel cause you'll get piffed." Never heard from her again.. it was the bragging!!!

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LilacTree — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:10:39 GMT

On 3/17/2015 Suziepeach said:
On 3/17/2015 Ford1224 said:
On 3/17/2015 Suziepeach said:
Ford, that just makes me so angry what your friend said about the hang up placard! I could apply for one too but I refuse.. I've seen so many people prance into the store, you know they aren't handicapped, young people mostly..

Well this was just one more straw on the way out of our "lifetime friendship." I have no respect for well off people (in more ways than one) who still bilk the system for whatever they can get. She's done it all and she has always gotten away with it. There was one final fallout over bigotry and lies, and it ended for good. And she was the one who ended it because I finally had my say about something she said and then I caught her in the lie and she knew it. She couldn't handle that I exposed her and told me basically to shove off.

Ford, I also have an ex friend because of things.. I won't go into but the very first time she was approved.. she bragged about certain things and I've kept the email she sent stating she could do anything she wanted but except what her Doctor said... that just hit me wrong... I told her, "You are going to heal but it was like falling on deaf ears". When her dad passed away, they kept driving his car and renewing his handicap plate.. No one in Tennessee questioned it... I was livid knowing they were all driving it and taking a space from someone that really needed it.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr My ex friend said, "I thought you'd be happy for me." I told her... Happy that you're supposed to be disabled, don't make me tell you how I really feel cause you'll get piffed." Never heard from her again.. it was the bragging!!!

Yes! There is no shame! She always used to tell me that if I didn't stop helping my kids and my family, I would never be rich. She's a millionaire from a divorce settlement from a man she married just because he owned a company and if she stayed married to him long enough (which she did) she would divorce him and get big bucks. Which is exactly what happened and that's the only reason she is so rich. She'd be a bag lady without that, as she otherwise had no skills. He died six months later coincidentally right around the same time as her then paramour, and it wasn't her ex whom she mourned. She was never loyal to anyone, and I began to realize after over 60 years that she was not loyal to me either.

In fact, she and my beloved sister did not get along . . . and it grieves me that my sister is gone, and she's still here. Is that horrible of me?

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LilacTree — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:13:40 GMT

On 3/17/2015 adelle38 said:
On 3/17/2015 Ford1224 said:
I am already receiving SS, so I could not get SSDI. However my daughter needs it and knows she will not get it because her disease (Lyme) is not recognized in the medical community or any government facility.

I once had a friend who told me I should get a handicapped card for my car as I surely would qualify. I never have applied for one. She said to get one that hangs from a card because then family members can use it. She turned me off on it when she said she uses her daughter's card when she goes shopping at the malls so she can get close to the stores. And this woman could lift weights and run Olympic races, she is so healthy. Nothing wrong with her head either, except for her pronounced narcissism.

I hate it when able bodied people use handicap cards to park. I have a friend who used to do that although she never did it with me because she asked if I minded her using her mother in laws card to park and I said yes. My 90 year old mom has one but she rarely uses it because she thinks someone else might need it more.

Good for you adelle! I wonder how these people can live with themselves.

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missy1 — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:41:45 GMT

Is it easier to get accepted if one has a psychological problem verses a medical issue?