If you were recently denied disability and you are within the appeal time limit still, then you will want to file an appeal. If too much time has passed since you were denied then you will want to file a new claim. There are many helpful tips on this website in the "stickies" at the top of this forum that you may want to read. Many people will get a lawyer to help them file the paperwork especially after the first denial.
If you need to file again with a new claim then it is important to appeal after any denial immediately.
If your doctor does not support you in your decision to seek disability then you may want to try to find another doctor; at least ask her why she feels that you no longer need it when she thought you should go for it when you were first diagnosed and then try to explain to her why you feel you need it now. See if she can be convinced... and if she can't then you may want to find another doctor who is more supportive.
If depression/psychiatric problems are also a problem for you as a consequence of lupus or in their own right, then that should actually help you get SS disability. Unfortunately, it usually does take a while to get onto SSD even with lupus and depression. That is why you have to keep at it until you get it.
Good luck to you...
If you need to file again with a new claim then it is important to appeal after any denial immediately.
If your doctor does not support you in your decision to seek disability then you may want to try to find another doctor; at least ask her why she feels that you no longer need it when she thought you should go for it when you were first diagnosed and then try to explain to her why you feel you need it now. See if she can be convinced... and if she can't then you may want to find another doctor who is more supportive.
If depression/psychiatric problems are also a problem for you as a consequence of lupus or in their own right, then that should actually help you get SS disability. Unfortunately, it usually does take a while to get onto SSD even with lupus and depression. That is why you have to keep at it until you get it.
Good luck to you...