Legal Advice for Chronic Illness Disability Claims (Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine)

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Legal Advice for Chronic Illness Disability Claims

Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine
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252 views 15 Oct 2024 #DisabilityBenefits #ChronicIllness #longCOVID

Host Haylie Pomroy explores the challenges people with chronic conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), long COVID, and other neuro-immune disorders face when trying to get disability benefits.

Joining her are Dr. Nancy Klimas, Dr. Irina Rozenfeld, and Atty. Edward Dabdoub who offer valuable advice from both medical and legal perspectives.

Dr. Klimas and Dr. Rozenfeld explain how important it is to properly document symptoms to support a disability claim. Atty. Dabdoub also shares tips on how to avoid common pitfalls when dealing with insurance companies.

Key points:

00:00 Introduction

02:49 ME/CFS: Social security guidelines.

04:37 Insurance company tactics in disability claims.

05:22 Importance of thorough patient assessment.

07:59 ME/CFS vs. long COVID.

10:52 Legal strategies for long COVID and ME/CFS.

11:56 Younger vs. older patients: illness progression.

13:06 What is dysautonomia?

14:01 Impact of social media on diagnosis and treatment.

16:17 Diagnosing anxiety vs. dysautonomia.

16:35 Insurance companies and mental health diagnoses.

18:28 Limited mental health coverage in disability policies.

21:23 Case for disability for recovery.

22:14 Pacing for chronic illness.

30:47 Legal barriers to class action lawsuits.

33:56 Medical assessments: Insurance tactics.

35:46 The power of continuous care.

37:45 Medical assessments: Cardiopulmonary exercise.

43:41 Get specialized lawyers for disability claims.

45:19 Select a lawyer who understands chronic illness.