How to review your Social Security file before your hearing
My last article talked about why it is so important to review your Social Security exhibit file. But how do I get a copy of my Social Security file? If you already have a hearing scheduled, Social...
View ArticleDon’t go to your Social Security disability hearing with out-of-date medical...
It surprises my clients to learn that, most of the time, Social Security does not update medical records after the initial denial. With wait times of a year or more, this can mean that by the time your...
View ArticleWhat is in a Social Security file?
Just before your Social Security hearing, you will be given a cd and pointed at a computer. If you ask, someone may help you load up the disk and get you to a screen that looks like this: Ok, now what?...
View ArticleReviewing your Social Security exhibit file – Part 1: Medical Records
How do you begin to review your Social Security exhibit file? Here is a quick guide to finding the really important parts. If you do not review anything else in the file, you need to know what medical...
View ArticleMy Social Security file is missing records
Let’s say you are reviewing your Social Security exhibit file before your disability hearing and you discover that some of your doctor’s (or other records) are not there. I have mentioned before that...
View ArticleReviewing your Social Security file – Part 2 Critical Dates
What’s the next thing to review in the Social Security exhibit file after the medical records? Check these critical dates: Alleged Onset Date (AOD) & Date Last Insured (DLI)! The E section usually...
View ArticleReviewing your Social Security exhibit file – Part 3 work history
Now that I know the critical dates and the medical history I review the work history. Social Security reviews cases using the 5 step sequential evaluation process. At step 4, if you are still able to...
View ArticleFinding your prior Social Security files
If you are looking at your Social Security exhibit file and you notice that all the exhibits are numbered with a letter in front, such as “B1A, B2A, B1B, B2B,” etc, this means that you are looking at...
View ArticleHow to view Social Security’s new encrypted CD disks
I previously wrote about how to read Social Security’s (previously non-encrypted) cd disks and several articles on how to find information with the Social Security files. Since Social Security has...
View ArticleSocial Security denied me disability benefits using a doctor of WHAT?
Social Security has physicians review disability cases as medical consultant’s to make opinions on individual’s abilities and limitations. However, what good is the medical consultant’s opinion if they...
View ArticleDo you have to give bad evidence to Social Security?
One of my colleagues in the fight to help disabled individuals get their Social Security disability benefits, attorney Johnathon Ginsberg, tackles whether you have to submit unfavorable medical...
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