How Simple Testing from your Doctor can Help with your Social Security Disability Case
Statistics indicate that 60-70% of Social Security Disability Benefits applications nationwide do not succeed. Even more worrisome about the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), or the Supplemental Security Income (SSI), request process is the lengthy, drawn out technicalities that many people find quite frustrating.
Because of our extensive experience as SSI lawyers and disability attorneys, we can explain to you why many legitimate SSI cases fail. We can also explain a very simple process by which your doctor can help you with proving your case.
Your SSDI Rights
The SSDI or SSI request procedures sometimes last up to 10 years. Fortunately, understanding the requirements that the insurance fund administrators look for can make you eligible for SSI and Social Security Disability quickly.
Social Security disability benefits law has two branches:
(a) Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Regulations
The Social Security Disability Insurance regulations that apply to the citizens with a recognized work history. You can only qualify for the SSDI after working for ten years or 40 quarters.
(b) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Rules
Supplemental Security Income to benefit claimants who the government categorizes as living below the poverty level. Eligibility for SSI requires no work history.
Medical Records and the SSDI Application
First, you need to understand what disability is according to the Social Security Administration. Disability is a severe condition that makes you unable to work and earn a livable income. The eligibility criteria below is necessary for you to get either SSDI or SSI benefits.
1. The disability must be severe. Your impairments should significantly interfere with the normal daily living activities and reflect your inability to work.
2. For children, there must be proof of the inability to perform in age-appropriate activities.
3. You must have a disability for a minimum of 12 months. However, medical records that indicate a permanent, gross disabling condition, the Social Security Administration will admit the application before the one year period lapses.
4. The disability must manifest as either a mental or physical limitation, or both, which makes it impossible to return to the former jobs within the last 15 years.
5. The severe disability makes the applicant unable to use the educational qualifications, work skills, or functional human abilities in any activity.
SSDI, the Opinion of your Doctor, and Medical Records
Many disability claims fail at the disability application stage and also at the disability appeal level. Claimants need to know that the doctor’s opinion provides an unequaled advantage in the SSDI case.
During the Social Security Disability Insurance hearings, the doctor with the expert guidance of an SSI attorney can help to prove your disability restricts you and the functional limitations (RFC). The doctor can provide the following documentation.
- Recent medical records, which have a weighty impact on the SSDI request and can lead to the waiting period nullification.
- The clinical evidence of your functional, mental, and physical limitations.
- A medical source statement or a supporting statement with treatment history from the physician. The records can also show that you require the urgent and long-term care of your doctor.
The statement from the doctor is a game-changer in your disability case if properly utilized by an experienced attorney. If you would like legal assistance from Social Security and Disability lawyers who know what the Social Security Administration looks for in medical records then call our law offices at any of our convenient locations and get a free consultation today.
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