bi-polar child - Disabilities Message Board

kerichavez · 06-03-2003, 05:12 AM

My daughter has been diagnosed with ..ADHD,ODD,BiPloar,Borderline Personality Disorder,Anti-social disorder and everything else .Every Dr.she sees adds something .Would she be eligible for SSI help?

Thanks,'
Keri

franjo · 06-07-2003, 01:36 AM

Boy, Keri, I wish I could give you a definitive answer, but I can tell you that I know someone who draws SSI with disorders much like your daughter's. I suppose it has much to do with severity of symptoms.

The only small bit of wisdom I can confidently impart would be to try. If applying for SSI is similar to applying for SSD, you may have to appeal a couple of times before receiving benefits. Keep appealing!

Let us know what happens.

Take Care,

~Teri

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Spina-bifida occulta; Congenital Scoliosis (dextrorotatory and 'S' curve, 42 thorasic and 57 degrees lumbar); Meningomyelocele (split cord @ L1); Diastematomyelia (re-sectioned at L2-3); tethered cord @ S-3; cysts on cord; various developmental abnormalities of the spine: narrowing of all disk spaces, defects in posterior arches, ectasia of the spinal canal and dura, segmental disease, sclerosis in L. iliac bone and adjacent sacroiliac joint, unilateral osteitis condensans ilium, hypertrophic facet disease L4-5 and L5-S1.

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Lumbar fusion-1968
Fusion with Herrington Rod instrumentation-1970
Femoral osteotomy-1971
Tethered cord release-1987
Rod removal-1987
Chiari-type pelvic osteotomy-1988
Trochanteric osteotomy-1989