Does a Liscensed Clinical Professional Counselor(LCPC)?

Question:

who has 20-30 years of experiance have a big impact on someone who is disabled with schzoaffective disorder who is trying to get their ssi/ssdi, in other words can a lcpc write a letter to the administration law judge and tell them that they can not work becuase of their condition, or does it have to be a medical doctor, physician. And does anyone know of anyone thats between 20 and 30 years old that has schzoaffective and depressive disorder that at the hearing level won their case. please respond anyone. thanks

Answers:
A counselor would be fine.

I have written letters for people to help them get disability; I'm not a doctor or counsellor. It worked in some cases, not others.

I have a bachelor's degree in Health Information Administration (medical records) and I work for a state mental health agency.

It has a lot to do with how much the mental illness keeps you from working, and much you have already worked. I have had people with obvious problems but they get turned down because "they didn't put enough money into the system." I was helping my cousin's wife get disability for multiple sclerosis. At first, they told her she didn't put enough money into the system, but we appealed and she finally got her disability benefits.

A lot of people get turned down the first time. It's worth the trouble to go through the appeal process if that happens. It does seem to be pretty difficult for people who are young because maybe they didn't work long enough. But, if the disability is severe enough, they might eventually get benefits after appeal.

Does a Liscensed Clinical Professional Counselor(LCPC)?

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