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    Can I use vacation/sick time to supplement short-term disability for maternity leave?

    I have accrued vacation/sick time and will be shortly going out on maternity leave. My director is unsure if I can use accrued time while also receiving short-term disability. I checked the employee handbook and this is not addressed. I have done this at one previous employer in the same...
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    Where do you go on fort Riley to find out about disability?

    I know i read of a way to apply for disability before getting out of the army, but i can't remember or find what it was. I'm on fort Riley and getting out soon, i know i'm eligible, but i have no idea where i need to go to apply. Any help or advice regarding separation would be greatly...
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    Where do you go on fort Riley to find out about disability?

    I know i read of a way to apply for disability before getting out of the army, but i can't remember or find what it was. I'm on fort Riley and getting out soon, i know i'm eligible, but i have no idea where i need to go to apply. Any help or advice regarding separation would be greatly...
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    Do I have a good chance of getting disability?

    I have OCd, Bipolar, Depression,Anxiety and Panic attacks, Agoraphobia, Post Tramatic stress. I have extensive medical records, Plus I have eight people who have wrote letters stating how bad I am.I alsohave a docter saying I am unable to work.
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    Do I have a good chance of getting disability?

    I have OCd, Bipolar, Depression,Anxiety and Panic attacks, Agoraphobia, Post Tramatic stress. I have extensive medical records, Plus I have eight people who have wrote letters stating how bad I am.I alsohave a docter saying I am unable to work.
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    Possible Link Between Over-Diagnosis Of Bipolar Disorder And Disability Payments

    A study from Rhode Island Hospital finds patients who were "over-diagnosed" with bipolar disorder were more likely to have received disability payments and for a longer period of time. The researchers propose a link between these unconfirmed cases of bipolar disorder and the receipt of the...
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    I use to be a truck driver and had a motorcycle accident and on disability, should

    I worry...? ...about going back to work? My retirement and disability cover the mortgage, car, all the insurances and most of the utilities and my wife's income (not much) puts food on the table and gas, It doesn't leave us to go out anywhere or to travel. I think I'm able to go back on the...
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    Helping To Improve Disability Determination Through Health Information Technology

    The Regenstrief Institute has been awarded a Recovery Act contract to help the U.S. Social Security Administration and Indiana healthcare providers shorten and improve the process of making disability case determinations through automation. Work is scheduled to begin March 31. The process of...
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    Helping To Improve Disability Determination Through Health Information Technology

    The Regenstrief Institute has been awarded a Recovery Act contract to help the U.S. Social Security Administration and Indiana healthcare providers shorten and improve the process of making disability case determinations through automation. Work is scheduled to begin March 31. The process of...
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    VA Focuses On Female Veterans' Struggles, Disability Claims Backlog

    News outlets explore issues at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is seeking to cut a backlog in disability claims and also address the needs of female veterans. CBS News: "More than 212,000 female service members have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan -- 11 percent of the total...
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    Gene Identified As Cause Of Some Forms Of Intellectual Disability

    A gene involved in some forms of intellectual disability has been identified by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), as published this month in The American Journal of Human Genetics. The gene is called TRAPPC9. In the same journal two other international research...
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    Disability charities have expressed anger after a number of parents complained that

    a one-armed children's TV? my question is do you think that the people who complained are just twits and shud join the real world Cerrie Burnell, who was born with one arm, began co-presenting Cbeebies 'Do And Discover' slot with Alex Winters last month. She has a broad range of success as an...
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    How do others cope with disability?

    I have bipolar disorder that is very severe, and I have been thru every med there is, plus even tried ECT (electroshock) last summer. Everything has been a dismal failure. I do what I should to feel better - eat a healthy diet, exercise, keep a regular schedule, get social support, tried Omega...
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    Is it rare to have adhd without a learning disability?

    I have adhd without a learning disability and read in a book that this is rare and that that most people with adhd have a learning disability. By the way, even though I don't have a learning disability, would I be considered slow, because I have adhd?
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    Is is legal to sell alcohol to a person over 21 who has a mental disability?

    Yeah, it is a weird question, but it came up while some of my relatives were talking. One of them ordered me to look it up, and I couldn't find anything about it. Anyone smart enough to know? Thanks.
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    I am on Social Security disability,and my adult son share s my home with me. He...

    ...has filed his taxes as head ? of household. with him claiming me as a dependent, am I eligible to file for the stimulus check from 2008?
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    What do you think of somebody going on disability for Mental Illness?

    do you think it's legit or do you think it's BS
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    disability and what it has to offer?

    My husband injured his ankle 2 years ago, he was on disability leave from work for 1 year, than he felt as though he could go back to work and its getting worse and worse by the day he cant do nothing and he works at a really really good job. My question is were thinking its time for him to go...
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