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How The Social Security Disability Application Process Works

July 13, 2020 //  by Ortiz Law Firm//  Leave a Comment

The Social Security Administration (“SSA”) will review your application to make sure you meet some basic requirements for Social Security Disability benefits and evaluate any current work activities. If you meet these requirements, Social Security will send your application to the Disability Determination Services office in your state.

This state agency completes the disability decision for the SSA. Doctors and disability specialists in the state agency may ask your doctors for information about your condition. They will consider all the facts in your case. They will use the medical evidence from your doctors and hospitals, clinics or institutions where you have been treated and all other information. They will ask your doctors:

  • What your medical condition is;
  • When your medical condition began;
  • How your medical condition limits your activities;
  • What the medical tests have shown; and
  • What treatment you have received.

They also will ask the doctors for information about your ability to do work-related activities, such as walking, sitting, lifting, carrying and remembering instructions. Your doctors are not asked to decide if you are disabled.

The state agency staff may need more medical information before they can decide if you are disabled. If more information is not available from your current medical sources, the state agency may ask you to go for a special examination. Social Security prefers to ask your own doctor, but sometimes the exam may have to be done by someone else. Social Security will pay for the exam and for some of the related travel costs.

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