Add Comment Question: Hello, I just did my Social Security Tribunal (SST) hearing last month to try for CPP-D. I should hear whether or not I’ve been approved before the end of this month. However, now I’m being told by my insurance company that they want to do the Independent Medical Examination (IME). The hearing put me through a lot of stress and I’m so anxious about these assessment. I don’t want to be uncooperative but at the same time I don’t even know if I got approved for CPP-D. Is there any way they’ll cancel this assessment if I get approved for CPP-D? It’s too much to handle in such a short time and I’m not doing well mentally. This is absolutely making me worse. My psychiatrist is very supportive but I don’t know what can be done about this medical assessment. What happens if the assessment traumatizes me? The SST hearing and preparing for the hearing put me into a worse depression than I’ve experienced for a long time, and I have very bad depression. Are you allowed to stop the assessment if they ask me something inappropriate? Is there any support someone can get for having to do this? I believe it’s being done on video chat, but I’m still so scared. It feels very invasive. Answer: There are a number of different questions and nuances here, so I think it may be easier to have a short call to go over everything. I'm going to email you directly to set it up. (After posting this, I tried to email you directly, but I got a bounce-back, so I'll instead add some information below.) It's unlikely that they would cancel the assessment if you're approved for CPPD. I would need to review your specific policy to see what is stated about attending IMEs, but generally speaking, you typically do have a duty to attend (within reason). If there is a legitimate medical basis for refusing to do so, that may be a consideration in certain specific contexts, but again, I wouldn't be able to weigh-in on that this way. Unfortunately, I would also need to know what you mean by an "inappropriate" question, but there could certainly be questions that are irrelevant (for example), that you should not have to answer. Your Comment * Your Email * Your Name * Your City Note, your name, city and email is not displayed on the website. It is used to notify you that we have approved your comment.