Is it really easier to win a World Series ring than to win Social Security disability benefits? Atlanta’s Fox 5 reports on the sad case of former Yankees second baseman Brian Doyle who has been denied twice by Social Security despite a bout with leukemia and a serious case of Parkinson’s Disease.
Atlanta’s Fox-5 recently reported a story about Mr. Doyle who has been waiting months and months for a hearing with a Social Security judge despite battling leukemia, two neck fusions and a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease.
With all of the chatter by political types about “rampant fraud” and abuse, the reality is that deserving claimants like Brian Doyle continue to suffer because of Social Security’s delays and inefficiencies.
And there is no guarantee that Mr. Doyle will be approved. Approval rates in the downtown Atlanta hearing office range from less than 20% to over 65% so whether this obviously disabled gentleman gets approved will rely as much on the luck of the judicial lottery as his medical records. Mr. Doyle is represented in his case by a very capable lawyer, my good friend Greg Rogers, so hopefully this deserving claimant will get some good news soon.
I am truly sorry to hear about Mr. Doyle’s disability and terrible injustice from the Social Security Disability Office. I will pray for a positive outcome for him, from the department.
Our country has become so incapable of processing and judging that everyone is treated as though everyone is a criminal trying to swindle the system.
Yet, the only people involved in corruption is our elected officals such as the head of the IRS and Social Security Department who were frauduently using their departments money and power!
They still have their jobs and enormous pensions and hae yet to be prosecuted!!