Month: December 2020

Age becomes a factor if you are physically and/or mentally not capable of returning to any of the jobs you have done in the 15 years before you became disabled. This is why many doctors who have never worked for Social Security Disability are confused when they have...

There are four (4) domains which SSA evaluates in looking at the functional limitations created by a cognitive or/and mental health issue. These involve: 1) understanding, remembering, or applying information; 2) interacting with others; 3) ability to concentrate,...

Your impairments whether medical and/or mental health related, may cause limitations that affect what you can do in a work setting. Your residual functional capacity (RFC) is what you are are capable of doing despite your limitations. If you have more than one...

Many persons applying for Social Security disability or SSI want to tell Social Security that no one will hire them. All this does is prove you are unemployed--not that you are disabled. Sometimes a person will be denied and Social Security will suggest that the...

The answer is No, unless you also have all the appropriate findings to support that you meet all the required criteria in the Listing. The diagnosis without the medical findings is an unsupported diagnosis and is therefore not going to get you benefits. This process...

The answer maybe yes. First, you have to have impairments that are going to prevent you from working for 12 months or more. There is no short term disability with Social Security. You have to have a serious medical condition, mental health situation or severe personal...

Generally the answer is No. That used to be true but that was making it harder for Social Security to deny persons benefits so in early 2017 Social Security changed it's rules and decided for all cases filed after that date that they would tell it's Judges to not give...

Only if you want benefits! Of course, you have to go! Social Security may find you not disabled if you don't attend the exam. As I say to my clients, this is all about the the Golden rule--if want the gold you follow their rules. William Wombacher, your Central...

Not necessarily. Social Security will focus on medical evidence right around the period you said your disability started. In many cases it is important to get medical evidence from years past in order to understand the seriousness of prior injuries or surgeries that...

The answer is -----No, for 2 primary reasons. First, Social Security doesn't have to believe your doctor. They have their own doctors that review medical evidence. Second, many cases are decided not just on medical evidence but also on a combination of medical...