I stumbled upon This from the archives of alt.support.tinnitus, with
regards to Stephen Nagler, and it is particularly disturbing:
Below appears a message that Dr. Nagler posted on March nth,
2001. It is interesting that he was probably laughed at as
he has likely has no medical credentials to even open the
judge's door to get in to discuss a case involving
disability.
From: [email hidden] (Stephen Nagler) Newsgroups:
alt.support.tinnitus Subject: What I Intend to Tell the
Judge Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 06:15:46 GMT Organization:
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I have just received the following e-mail from Steve Conlon.
As you can see from the first lines, Mr. Conlon will not
read my response, but you all will.
In the e-mail from Steve you will read that in Jack Vernon's
opinion, Steve Conlon's tinnitus is "so severe and
incapacitating as to justify any consideration you [the
court] can afford him." I will not argue with Jack. He's
entitled to his opinion. What I will tell the Administrative
Law Judge next week is the absolute truth:
#1 Jack Vernon never examined Steve Conlon; rather he
#relied upon the
findings of somebdy else who - based upon those same
findings - did not offer a letter in support of Steve's
disability application.
#2 In view of the absence of any tinnitus reliability
#testing, I (as
a Doctor of Medicine) could not draw the same conclusion as
Jack Vernon (a psychologist) did.
#3 In support of #2 above, I will offer as an exhibit weeks
#and weeks
of public Internet postings by Steve Conlon, demonstrating
focused attention (when motivated) for several hours at a
time over several consecutive days. Based upon that
evidence, I will challenge the vocational rehab expert
assigned to the case to explain why Mr. Conlon could not
participate in "Significant Gainful Employment" according to
at least one accepted definition of that concept.
#4 I will point out to the judge that Mr. Conlon has
#threatened me
and has stated he will "stop at nothing" to stop me. I will
point out to the judge that if Mr. Conlon had decided to get
a job instead of "stopping at nothing" that none of this
would be happening in the first place.
#5 I will point out to the judge that I, as well as
#every single
taxpayer, pays into the system that will be henceforth
paying a weekly check to this man with ABILITY that he
CHOOSES not to use, in addition to whatever DISability he
might have. I will explain that my disgust as a US taxpayer
is the basis for my request for re-assessment of the case.
#6 Finally, I will point out that Mr. Conlon in some
#five years of
"suffering" with tinnitus (already receiving disability
checks for a few years from one carrier based upon his
tinnitus) has never made an appointment at the universally
respected University tinnitus center (NON-TRT) that Dr.
Vernon himsef founded to see if he might find an avenue
towards relief and return to the workforce. I will point out
that while Mr. Conlon did not choose to travel to Oregon, he
did choose to take several vacations to the Carolina coast.
#7 I will tell the judge that as an American and as a
#taxpayer I will
certainly respct the judge's decision upon his reassessment
of the case, but that I felt it my obligation as a taxpayer
to supply some additional information that might not have
been available to the judge at the time of his initial
evaluation.
Steve, in case you do happen to be reading this post, you
have publicly maligned and viciously slandered me. You have
called me a LIAR, but I do not lie. You have publicly called
me a schizophrenic psychotic [censored] shill who should not be
treating tinnitus patients. You have threatened me. And
THEN, you went outside this newsgroup and wrote two highly
inflammatory letters about me to the American Tinnitus
Association (the not-for-profit orgnization whose Board I am
honored to Chair) ... and one highly inflammatory letter to
my closest friend in the tinnitus community, Dr. Jack
Vernon. Steve, you have taken our differences outside of
this newsgroup ... and now I shall do the same.
Stephen M. Nagler, M.D.
PSA