This is pretty much exactly the case in Canada, too. You'll nearly always get denied on the first attempt. Then have a psychiatrist or someone at that level sub

This is pretty much exactly the case in Canada, too. You'll nearly always get denied on the first attempt. Then have a psychiatrist or someone at that level submit a report when you try the second time. Then you're far more likely to get it. I have a feeling they get so many not-actually-disabled requests that they create a break from the first request to the second to force the person to determine if they are really disabled. In some cases, it's probably very true, but it punishes those who actually are disabled and needing the pressure relief of a regular income.