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Why does nobody talk about the 8 page appeal form typo trap?

I spent 3 hours on my CA disability appeal last Tuesday and the online form kept rejecting my doctor's address because I typed "St." instead of "Street" in the city of Fresno. Finally got it through after my sister yelled at me to copy paste the exact clinic letterhead info. Has anyone else had their claim delayed because of something this dumb?

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elizabeth_gonzalez•4d ago

The SSA website kept logging me out mid-form for 2 weeks straight

I finally got through to the online disability application, but every time I hit the 30 minute mark, the system kicked me back to the login page. Lost my whole medical history list twice because of it. I called the help line and they told me to clear my cookies and use a private browser window. That worked on try number 7, but I probably wasted 14 hours total just re-entering info. Has anyone else had to resort to writing everything down on paper first because of those timeouts?

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stone.thomas•5d ago

Med records with typos got my claim flagged twice

Denied twice before I noticed the doctor's note said 'chronic back paint' instead of 'pain.' My adjuster in Fresno told me that one typo made the file look inconsistent. Pulled every record and checked names, dates, and diagnoses line by line. Took me a whole weekend but the third submission went through in 3 weeks. Has anyone else caught errors like that in their paperwork?

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