Social Security May Schedule a Psychiatric Exam to Determine Medical Eligibility
Posted on:7/7/2009
Written By: Chris Robideaux
| This article deals with Social Security disability claims sent to a special disability examiner who has the responsibility of making a medical disability determination, which may or may not involve scheduling a psychiatric examination. |
Once your Social Security disability claim has been received, it is forwarded to a state disability agency for processing. Your disability claim is assigned to a special disability examiner who has the responsibility of making a medical disability determination. Disability examiners then gather the medical evidence for the treatment sources that you provided at your initial disability application interview. If the disability examiner who receives your medical treatment information finds that your treatment notes are not current (within the past three months), or there is no treatment for your alleged psychiatric condition, or the treatment information contained in file is insufficient for a medical decision, they may consider a consultative psychiatric exam to see if you have a medically determinable psychiatric impairment.
Generally, Social Security will not unnecessarily schedule consultative examinations unless they feel they need more information for a medical decision.