If your doctor just makes a statement that you are disabled that is generally not enough for you to qualify for Social Security Disability benefits or SSI. What happens is Social Security evaluates the medical records that the doctor writes down when you go for visits or if you’re hospitalized or if the doctor sends you for a test and they order the results of those tests, they looked at your hospital records and they try to decide whether what’s indicated in those doctors notes, hospital records or lab reports are sufficient to show that you are so physically or mentally disabled that you probably cannot work for 12months.
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- My doctor says I am disabled. Is that enough to qualify for SSD benefits?
When to Seek a Specialist for Medical Treatment: SSD and Personal Injury Whether you are going through the Social Security Disability process or pursuing a personal injury claim, medical treatment is
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Attorney Amanda J. Bonnesen is a Social Security Disability Attorney here at the law firm of Berger and Green. She has been successfully representing individuals in Social Security
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Social Security defines disability for SSD and SSI in the same way. A person has to be so physically or mentally impaired that they cannot be expected to work for at least 12
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You cannot receive a full SSI benefit and a full SSD benefit for the same month. The amount you receive will be the higher of the two amounts even though when Social Security calculates it, you may