Re:Important - RE: Disability Letter Rec'd

August 11, 2007

Dear and Group:

I have been working with on helpful guidelines for applying for

SSI/SSDI. I have also made several posts with recommendations. The request for

a psychiatric consult is part of the investigative nature of the adjudictor's

job as well as a medical consult. Please see the link below:

If in your application, the adjudicator has doubt to the severity of your

symptoms, he/she may order a medical or psychiatric consult. You may print out

any documentation of your medical condition that supports and documents your

symptoms. But, it is up to you to PROVE that your symptoms are SEVERE ENOUGH to

warrant SSI/SSDI. That's just how the government works.

I would highly recommend to anyone considering applying for SSI/SSDI to read

my tips on our CCI page as well as go to www.ssa.gov/ and read literally

everything you can about applying for social security, what the rules are, what

medical conditions they accept, what the parameters for those medical conditions

are, and the list of things you need to bring to your first appointment. They

are very detailed in the medical conditions. They look at your medical records

for symptoms, testing, labs, medications tried, procedures tried, results,

referrals, results of referrals, etc.

If you have any questions about your case, please call the Social Security

Office you filed with and ask for your " adjudicator. " Get to know your

adjudicator on a first name basis. Get their name and number. Then when you

get a letter like this, call them and ask them about the nature of it. You can

do that and they should be able to give you an answer.

Maybe in this case, you have listed " depression " or " anxiety " as one of your

symptoms and they want to determine the severity of the depression or anxiety.

You still have many other symptoms that may affect your ability to function

fully on a daily basis. Discuss this with your adjudicator. Until you get a

denial letter, you still have a chance to PROVE that you cannot work at the

moment.

Good luck to all!

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