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Doctors do not directly determine your Social Security statusPosted on:7/31/2009
Written By: Chris Robideaux
| Certain factors are weighed in the Social Security Administration's(SSA) decision-making process of determining disability. |
Certain factors are weighed in the Social Security Administration's(SSA) process of determining disability. One of the biggest factors is medical records and information about the claimant given to SSA from the claimant's own treating physician. If your doctor is supportive of your case for disability, it can certainly improve the chances of a favorable outcome in your bid for social security disability (SSD) or SSI disability benefits. However, contrary to certain misperceptions, your personal physician does not decide if you get disability benefits. And even if he or she encourages you to file a claim with social security, you should not assume that you will be approved based simply on this. At the appeals level (after a claimant has been denied in the initial application), disability judges tend to pay considerably more attention to a treating physician’s opinions regarding your impairment and how it affects your ability to function, provided that this opinion is not out-of-line with the information contained in the physician's treatment notes. Disability examiners, on the other hand, often do not place significant value on the opinions provided by your physician, and so even a strongly supportive statement from your doctor (that is detailed with regard to remaining functionality) may not have much influence on a decision from DDS regarding your claim.
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