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r/covidlonghaulers•
SQLSQLAndMoreSQL

Disability insurance refuses to pay

Question

I was tested positive with Covid 2 months ago and was sick for 3 weeks. Since then I have had issues with brain fog, fatigue, confusion and bouts of depression.

You know what I am talking about, obviously.

I am trying to get my short term disability insurance to accept that I am not making this up. My FMLA extension is under review.

The short term disability insurance only accepted to pay for a few days and will not pay me until I can provide objective evidence of my condition.

What is the best method to get a proper diagnostic to confirm that I am not inventing the symptoms and looking to just be paid to stay home and watch TV?

I am trying to join a neurologist at the moment, possibly a neuropsychologist as well.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Posted May 25, 2022, 7:56 PM UTC

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WAtime345•

I can't even get doctors to believe what's going on so I'm not surprised it's hard to get disability for it.

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SQLSQLAndMoreSQLOP•

Yeah my PCP would not sign on the FMLA approval until I insisted.

His notes to the next specialist I see is that I think that I have "long-haul Covid".

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ClockworkAngel-832•

I’m curious, who’s your short term disability provider?

I just filed my request to MetLife yesterday so I’m waiting to see how difficult this process is or not. I was diagnosed with long Covid and POTS at the long Covid clinic at a local university, and with MCAD via an allergist/immunologist. Have an appointment with a new cardiologist next month and and neurologist in August.

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SQLSQLAndMoreSQLOP•

Yeah I need to find a long covid program locally in Phoenix.

It seems my PCP was a bit doubtful at first but I listed the conditions and I think it read a bit like a recipe.

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whitemike760•

I was sick march 2020. My doctor wrote me out and short term went thru easily. Kept extending it for a year. Now i just filed for social security disability. Sure thats gonna be impossible to get but gotta try something. Hope your able to get it going.

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SQLSQLAndMoreSQLOP•

Thanks.

I can live on the STD payments, actually, with a shoestring budget, without eating my savings.

I'd rather be productive but, as a software engineer, I found myself unable to conduct my daily job with that stupid condition.

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whitemike760•

Shit I'm over 2 years and still have horrible brain fog, fatigue and other issues. Hope yours clears up soon.

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SQLSQLAndMoreSQLOP•

Me too.

Thank god my supervisor believes me. We lost one coworker to Covid, and one lost her BIL to it.

So people know it's no joke.

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Fighting4MyFreedom•

Go to a “post covid long haul” type clinic. That’s the best evidence. I got a year of short term state disability but I had to fight for it. Lots of stupid forms.

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