It varies so so much. Age and severity of injury is a big factor. Play music he likes for him. Music is very healing for the brain.

My husband was intubated for around six weeks.

My brother has a TBI to his frontal lobe and his face, he also was in surgery for 14 hours.

How long did it take for some of you to be taken off of intubation, and breathing on your own?

As a case manager for an insurance company my coworker was told by a SS employee that they almost always deny the first try to confirm the sincerity of the person filing. There are certain presumptive cases that get approved easily, blindness being one. Just try again and if you supply more material fro different physicians do.

Yes, my husband did get approved. It was the most frustrating ordeal.....so be patient because it is worth it in the end. We got denied two times. The 3rd time we got a lawyer to help us. Our lawyer said it can be difficult because unfortunately some of our TBI people look normal and their disability is not always visible.

Husband got his first denial, just filed the appeal after consulting with an attorney who told us to go ahead and file on our own and cross fingers for an approval (so that we wouldn’t have to pay the attorney for filing an appeal) but expect a denial.

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How long did it take for some of you to be taken off of intubation, and breathing on your own?

Has anyone successfully gotten SSDI (Social Security Disability) approved with a brain injury?