Are you guaranteed a favorable decision from Social Security disability if your diagnosis is included in Social Security’s Blue Book of Listed Impairments? Not necessarily, and here’s why. Social Security’s Blue Book identifies fourteen “body systems.” For example, listing 1 discusses the musculoskeletal system and within this listing are a number of diagnoses that reflect […]
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How to Get Support from Your Doctor if Believe that You Meet a Listing
In order to win disability benefits from Social Security, you (and your lawyer) have the burden of proving that you meet SSA’s definition of disability – that you are unable to engage in substantial gainful activity because of a medical or mental health condition that has lasted or is expected to last 12 consecutive months […]
Letter to Doctor About Listings
Dear Dr. Jones: As we have discussed, I have made the difficult decision to apply for Social Security disability because of the on-going circulation problems in my legs. As you may know, Social Security will deem me disabled if I meet a “listing,” – in this case Listing 4.11 Chronic venous insufficiency, which is shown […]
Genitourinary Impariment Listing URL Updated
The Social Security Administration has changed the URL for Listing No. 6.00 – Genitourinary Impairments. This is a change to the syntax of the Bluebook [1. http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook]. Previously, the URL read as follows: http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/6.00-Genito-Urinary-Adult.htm This is now a dead link. The updated link now reads: http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/6.00-Genitourinary-Adult.htm I am not sure why SSA decided to […]
Changes to the Social Security Attorney Fee Cap – What Does it Mean to You?
The Social Security Administration recently announced a small increase to the maximum attorney fee that lawyers representing disability claimants will be paid. As usual, SSA took a simple idea and made it unduly complicated, causing confusion for everyone. Currently, if you hire a disability attorney to represent you under a “fee agreement” SSA will withhold […]
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What are the Best Arguments for Winning a Multiple Sclerosis Case at a Hearing
The main issue in your Social Security disability case is whether or not you are able to work. Although you have to identify a medical reason for your inability to work, you will not win if you focus on the details of your medical condition. Instead, your focus must be the specific ways in which […]
How Can a Multiple Sclerosis Claimant Win Early?
The fastest way for a multiple sclerosis patient to win early would be to show that he/she meets Listing 11.09. Currently, Listing 11.09 reads as follows: 11.09 Multiple sclerosis, characterized by A or B: A. Disorganization of motor function in two extremities (see 11.00D1), resulting in an extreme limitation (see 11.00D2) in the ability to stand up […]
Why Does it Take So Long to Win Disability Benefits from Social Security?
The Social Security disability adjudication process can be very slow and frustrating. Currently about 30% of applications are approved quickly, at the initial application stage. The catch is that these cases usually involve claimants with life limiting or terminal illness cases. Social Security even has special programs to identify these cases: one is called the […]