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Working With Your Doctors For Your Disability Claim

When you are attempting to earn Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, every piece of evidence that supports your case is crucial. When your illness is not visible to the naked eye, it only becomes harder to prove that you cannot earn income because of your illness. Thankfully, your regular doctor has a thorough understanding of you and your illness, but getting the right information from them can be hard.

Here at Brod Disability Law, our North Carolina team can help you work with your doctor to bridge the gap between the medical and legal professions. By doing this, you can increase your chances of earning these benefits. We can help you gather the right information from your doctor, which can save you precious time in your case.

Gathering The Right Evidence For Your Needs

Some doctors may not understand what the Social Security Administration (SSA) needs to see for them to accept your claim for benefits. As a result, they may try to offer you information that is lacking or irrelevant to your case. We work with your doctor to help them understand what best supports your claim.

We want your doctor to be objective in all their information, including:

  • Lab-work
  • Medical records and notes
  • SSA forms
  • Letters to the SSA from their desk
  • Recorded observations of your condition

The more thorough the information we get from your doctor, the better. We offer helpful suggestions about the documentation process to your doctor for better results for you. If your doctor is documenting what you report about your conditions and symptoms, for example, it can improve the outcome of your case.

How To Work With A Specialist For Your Disability Claim

Medical evidence is often considered the cornerstone of a disability claim, so having strong evidence can significantly increase your chances of success in your case. It may be that your primary care doctor is not optimally positioned to help you assess your condition and produce the medical evidence that you will need. In a case like that, it may be valuable to begin working with a specialist for your disability claim.

For instance, if you suffered a spinal cord injury, a spinal cord specialist may be able to evaluate you and tell you about potential treatment options and your odds of making a recovery. Perhaps most importantly, they can give you a prognosis for how your recovery is likely to progress over time.

A specialist who has seen numerous similar spinal cord injuries may conclude that you are never going to fully regain mobility or feeling below the injury site – definitively proving that you have a lifelong disability. They can help you determine what types of costs you’re going to face, both in terms of future medical treatment and in lost wages or reduced earning capacity when your condition makes it difficult or impossible to return to your career.

Spinal cord injuries are only one example, and it can help to work with specialists for other serious issues like traumatic brain injuries, mental health conditions, cognitive impairment, cancer, and other serious or chronic diseases.

What To Do If Your Doctor Is Uncooperative

If you have an uncooperative doctor, you may feel that you are not getting the medical evidence you need for your disability claim. When a doctor won’t help with disability claim documentation, it can be helpful to work with a third party.

For instance, perhaps you feel like your doctor ignores you or consistently cuts you off at every appointment. It can be helpful to write a note with questions you want to ask and the information you need, or to bring someone else to the appointment with you to ensure that the doctor gives you appropriate attention. In some cases, it can be beneficial to work with an experienced disability attorney, as they can stress to the doctor the importance of getting the proper documentation – and the ramifications this case is going to have on the rest of your life.

Get The Most From Your Doctor During Your Claim

Doctors offer a vast wealth of information that you can use to bolster your chances of proving yourself to the SSA. We can help you get that precious information with reliable results. If you need help with gathering information from your doctor, or any other aspect of your SSDI/SSI claim, contact us today.

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We understand the stress of these cases, which is why we offer free initial consultations for our clients. Even if Social Services has not been able to help you, give us a call, and let us take care of you.