social security disability

SSDI Benefits and the claimant's ability to work


 
The social security administration's definition of disability focuses on a claimant's ability to work. And, for this reason, disability adjudicators (disability examiners at the application and reconsideration levels and administrative law judges at the hearing level) look for evidence of functional limitations when reviewing medical evidence. Specific examples would include a claimant's limitations with regard to the ability to sit, stand, walk, stoop, crouch, reach overhead, lift more than a certain weight or grasp objects.

Unfortunately, most treatment notes and hospital records are lacking in this regard, i.e. they fail to document a claimant's functional limitations, past or present. Yet, this is exactly the type of information that the social security administration is looking for when deciding claims.














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Social Security Disability and SSI Disability

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  • Applying for Disability - What are the Rules and Guidelines?

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  • Medical Evidence for Social Security Disability

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    Special Sections


  • Social Security Disability and SSI Questions

  • Social Security Disability SSI Application Process

  • Filing for Social Security Disability and SSI Benefits

  • Social Security Disability SSI Decisions

  • What is considered a Disabling condition?

  • The Disability Decision Process

  • Winning Social Security Disability or SSI

  • Requirements for Social Security Disability and SSI

  • Getting Denied for Disability







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