Category Archives: Social Security Disability Medical Issues

OBTAINING THOSE CRITICAL MEDICAL RECORDS

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Melissa Buckley

At the threshold of every Social Security disability case are the medical records. Even the most sympathetic examiner or ALJ  needs the medical evidence to estabilish an applicant’s disability. Social Security has an obligation to develop the file (the “record”), by obtaining … Continue reading →

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COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCES

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Melissa Buckley

Social Security  recognizes certain conditions that are so serious and so obviously disabling by their diagnosis, that the requirements for a finding of disability will clearly be met once the diagnosis is established by certain, identified tests and procedures. The conditions, … Continue reading →

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FIBROMYALGIA/SSR 12-2P

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Melissa Buckley

Social Security has published a new ruling on how Fibromyalgia will be evaluated. The new rule is found here: New Rule The new rule does not seem to change all that much the evaluation of the impairment, at first blush. … Continue reading →

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