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Obtaining helpful medical documentation for
Social Security disability claims in Louisville Kentucky, Grayson County, and surrounding areas
The Social Security Administration requires a lot of medical documentation.
Whether through its office in Bowling Green or Louisville, the Social Security Administration in Kentucky wants to see medical test results. Conclusions by your treating doctor are insufficient.
One way a Social Security attorney can help you submit
a strong Louisville Kentucky Social Security disability claim
I make sure the case files for all my clients contain the actual test results for all significant positive results, and that those results are consistent with the Social Security Administration’s specific requirements for particular kinds of medical evidence. I gather:
- Emergency room records
- Admission histories and physicals
- Reports by medical consultants
- Physical therapy evaluations
- Surgical and operative reports
- Pathologist’s reports
- Radiologist reports
- EMG/nerve condition reports
- Nuclear medicine reports
- And more
The final medical documentation package depends upon my theory for your claim. For example, hospital records for treatment of an acute illness are less important than the records generated by your doctor or therapist after you have stabilized. Why? There is no disagreement over whether you can work while hospitalized; the issue is whether you can work after recovering from the acute phase.
If negative records exist in your case, I will also submit those but will refine our presentation of your case to account for their existence.
A Louisville Kentucky disability lawyer answers
your questions about Social Security disability
My website contains over 100 pages on applying for Social Security disability, appealing a denial of your application or your Request for Reconsideration, and the Social Security disability hearing. Some of the more valuable materials on this website are:
– My answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Social Security disability provide a good introduction if you are new to the topic.
– Our downloadable and free e-booklet, Appealing a Denial of Benefits, provides practical advice. See the upper right-hand corner of this page.
– What the Social Security Administration seeks before awarding disability benefits is illuminated in Tips for Applying.
– For a straightforward and visual explanation of how an administrative law judge will assess your eligibility, see our video How the Judge Determines Disability pictured above.
– To understand how SSA evaluates particular impairments and obtain valuable medical opinion forms, go to our Library below and see Applying for Disability Benefits When….
– Review the articles in Your Disability Hearing (also in our Library below) for an inside look at the most important part of the disability evaluation process.
I am happy to personally answer any additional questions you have, or to assess your claim without cost or obligation. You may complete the short Claim Evaluation Form to your right or contact me at:
