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• Medical evidence required for CFS cases, by the U.S. Social Security Adminstration
• U.S. Law: No need to show "objective" proof of disability
• "Your Right to Disability", by Mac Sasser, from the CFIDS Chronicle
• Example of a successful Social Security application, by drrhh1@aol.com
• Excerpts From The Massachusetts CFIDS Association's Disability Handbook 15 Sep
• "A Practical Approach to Your Disability Claims", by J.E. Harr, attorney.
• "Social Security Admininstrative Procedures", by S.R. Bendalin, PC
• Evaluating CFS Disability", by Jill Ryan, attorney, from the CFIDs Chronicle
• "Disability Benefits", by the U.S. Social Security Adminstration

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Other links

Filing For Disability

Mining Company's Soc. Sec. page

Good Lawyer List

Harvard Research on Job Loss & CFS

Judy Doc's Indictment of UNUM

Karnofsky Rating Scale

Canada: Qualification for CFS Disability

U.S.: Ruling on Objective Evidence for LTD Claims

UNUM: "Subjective Symptom Claims"

Suggestions for Filing CFIDS LTD Claims -- CFIDS Assoc.

Articles by Scott Davis, attorney:

Obtaining Disability Benefits - David versus Goliath?

Disability Claim Killers - What you don't know could be fatal to your claim! - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - 6/23/99

Canadian disability insurance survey

Social Security Disability (SSDI) -- from Medical Information Network

SSA Ruling that CFS can be a "medically determinable impairment."

Social Security Advisory Service - www.ssas.com

The CFIDS Association of America discusses disability issues

Fibromyalgia Doctor's Assessment Form

Documentation of SSA's Adjudication of Disability Claims Involving CFS - CFIDS Assoc.

The ERISA Loophole and Unreasonable Claims Denial: One Insured's Story and Plea for Help

A Patient Protocol for Kaiser Permanente CFIDS Patients

WECAN's Insurance Committee Page

DISINISSUES -- an internet discussion list for disability insurance issues     March 2005

SSDI Impairments

Australia: Social Security

UNUM / CDC CORRUPTION

ERISA LTD Litigation: How To Sue Your LTD Insurance Carrier In United States Federal Court Without an Attorney (Pro Se)

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