Quote Originally Posted by jamessr
It is your case to prove you are disabled per SSA requirements, as it is "your" federal medical insurance your requesting be dispensed to you before it's maturity. If your lawyer didn't send for all your medical records as part of his fee...fire that idiot.

People do get turned down because they use cannabis, some ALJ's "expert" witnesses they hire to assist in interpreting the conditions claimed do not agree with cannabis use and will use it's use to say that the patient is addicted and therefore not qualified disabled. The trick to brick wall this from happening is to have some sort of known medical testing which positively identifies a covered disability recognized by the SSA. i.e. biopsies, MRI, x-ray, genology test,blood test..etc..some sort of indisputable medical evidence. Just an opinion will be over-ruled 99.99% of the time when cannabis and SSA are involved..as it is just an "opinion" and nothing more..opinions can be overcome by someone with more higher opinion and a much more distinct opposition to your claimed disability.

goodluck, and if you don't have any of the above..I would not mention anything about cannabis use..nothing worse like shooting yourself in the legal-head.
Thanks for the info. I do have medical evidence. Its just that the gov is broke and dont want to pay out any more.Seems everybody gets denied the first few times. Ill keep you updated