I have a blood clot, how do I get disability when my Dr. tells me to quit my job?

Make sure the Dr puts it in writing and you would need to go to the Social Security office to apply.

If you don't have disability insurance with your employer (which you could get even if you can't work--don't quit!) you need to contact Social Security. They have online forms for everything you need for you and to take to your doctor to fill out as well. http://www.socialsecurity.gov/

Usually a blood clot either clears on its own or there is surgery and/or medication to remove it. A blood clot does not usually last a year. Disability Social Security reads a disease or condition that is expected to last at least one year or result in death. I do not believe you will be able to get Social Security. Does your employer have Short-term disability insurance? If so you might be able to draw from that. DO NOT, REPEAT, DO NOT QUIT YOUR JOB. Check with theyour company's human resources on your rights to have your employer hold your job for you while you are disabled. If you don't like or trust their answers, check with the state labor board on your rights.

It depends what country your in.

Be careful how you comply with the Dr's order. I quit, since they wouldn't lay me off, and went two years with no income, 6 weeks without public assistance, lost electrical, telephone, credit, eveything, before it finally got bad enough for surgery, then had a stroke, and NOW (7 yrs later) get diability... permanently.

if you have an HR department talk to them. That works under long term disability

Listen to what Betty has to say, she is right. You do not qualify for long term disability. A clot is deemed as temporary.

You do not say where the blood clot is, but if it is in the lower extremities, it should be treatable without disabling you. Consult a specialist in vascular disease.

I've treated lots of people with all sorts of clotting disorders, DVTs (deep venous thrombosis - a clot in one of the veins of the lower extremities, and PEs (pulomary emboli, blood clot in the lungs), and I've never told any of them to quit their jobs. With proper treatment for most of these conditions, you can have a normal life, obviously I don't know the details of your story in particular, but I wouldn't automatically assume that you're going to have to quit your job.