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Posted in Impairment, SSA, Tips on May 31st, 2009
You may be surprised to learn that a report from your doctor stating that you are unable to work does not carry much probative value as far as the Social Security Administration is concerned. The Administration is the final decision maker as to disability. It is much more helpful if your doctor will give you […]
Posted in Impairment, Social Security Disability on Jul 13th, 2008
Documentation of the existence of a claimant’s impairment must come from medical professionals defined by SSA regulations as “acceptable medical sources.” Once the existence of an impairment is established, all the medical and non-medical evidence is considered in assessing impairment severity. “Acceptable medical sources” are:
licensed physicians (medical or osteopathic doctors);
licensed or certified psychologists. Included […]
Posted in Impairment, SSA, Social Security Disability on Jul 1st, 2008
Health professionals play a vital role in the disability determination process and participate in the process in a variety of ways:
As treating sources or other medical sources who provide medical evidence on behalf of their patients;
As CE sources to perform, for a fee, examinations and/or tests that are needed;
As full-time or part-time medical or psychological […]
Posted in Impairment, SSA on Jun 26th, 2008
A treating source is a claimant’s own physician, psychologist, or other acceptable medical source who has provided the claimant with medical treatment or evaluation and has or has had an ongoing treatment relationship with the claimant. The treating source is usually the best source of medical evidence about the nature and severity of an individual’s […]
Posted in Impairment, SSA, Tips on Jun 15th, 2008
When determining whether an individual is disabled, the Social Security Administration utilizes The Listing of Impairments. The Listing of Impairments describes, for each major body system, impairments that are considered severe enough to prevent a person from doing any gainful activity (or in the case of children under age 18 applying for SSI, cause marked […]
Posted in Impairment, SSA, Social Security Disability on Jun 10th, 2008
When the Social Security Administration determines disability, they must consider our residual functional capacity (RFC). Social Security Ruling 96-8p defines RFC for Social Security Decision makers. Social Security Ruling 96-8p makes six major points about an individual’s residual functional capacity (RFC) and/or its assessment, as follows:
1. Ordinarily, RFC is an assessment of an individual’s […]
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