Question:
can you collect state disability while recuperating from WLS???

   — cheryl V. (posted on October 16, 1999)

October 16, 1999
Hi, I live in Fremont, Calif. and Yes you can receive state disability while recovering from wls. I received it twice, once with my original surgery and when I had to have a revision done 11 months later. Just ask your surgeon to fill out the form. Good luck to you. Blessings, Bev
   — BJ K.

October 16, 1999
I have been on SSD (social security disability) for nearly 3 years due to unrelated illness. At the time I applied it was required that someone be totally disabled for not less than 6 months BEFORE applying and that I would REMAIN totally disabled for at LEAST 1 year to qualify. When benefits are approved (if approved) it begins AFTER that 6 month period. In other words, you have NO benefits for 6 months from the date of disability. My understanding claims are rarely approved at initial request, generally requiring at least one appeal. Therefore, I don't believe, (certainly not an expert), that what you are looking for would materialize for you.
   — Connie H.

October 18, 1999
Hi, I just asked my employer the same question (I'm having surgery 11/10/99) and we read the California State Disability paperwork together. It stated that disability insurance can also be collected for "elective" surgeries also. So I guess, in essence, the answer to your question is yes. Ask your employer to supply you with the forms and the little gray folder that it comes in, if they don't have it, email me your address and I will send you one from our office. It's the same form, and we have a bunch.
   — Dannielle K.

October 18, 1999
Yes. I live in California and collected disability for four weeks while recuperating from surgery.
   — dboat