Sharon Christie explains why Medical Records for Social Security Disability Benefits are so important!
In today’s video Sharon Christie explains why medical records for social security disability benefits are so important. Now you have to remember what the definition of disabled is according to Social Security. Disabled means that you have severe limitations from your health problems that are preventing you from doing any type of work at all for at least twelve consecutive months, but how does Social Security determine how severe your limitations are?
Well, the primary way they do that is done through your medical evidence which is the medical records that are pertinent to your case. What is really important are the records that go back maybe as much as a year before you had to stop working and then go from the time you stopped working forward. What is also important about those records is not only to show what your diagnosis is, since that is the starting point, but what’s most important about those records is to show what limitations you have functionally in your day to day activities. What limitations do you have because of
So it is extremely important that you see your doctors on a regular basis because without that your lawyer will have no medical evidence for your case. Medical Records for Social Security Disability Benefits are extremely important
About Sharon Christie Law:
Sharon Christie is the owner and founder of Sharon Christie Law, and is an attorney and former nurse. Her team of professionals and paraprofessionals help people win Social Security Disability Benefits! Our Social Security Disability Law Firm serves clients in Maryland, Southern Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, and Washington DC.