Giving of wrong information may be made deliberately or otherwise. Why do this mistake and other related mistakes occur? If misinformation was a deliberate act, then personnel must be held liable for deception. If it is on negative, several reasons may have caused it. In many cases, it is caused by incompetence of person answering phone at local Social Security field office. Usually, he is referred to as service representative, he is not someone who actually works on cases called claim representatives. He may also lack knowledge about claims. That places you both in equal footing.

Often times also, mistake is due to human error – either on part of social security office or claimant. Social security disability and SSI are complex and technically hard division of law. Its complexity can tend to confuse or mislead especially if social security disability process was not clearly explained to applicants.

Regardless of reason why, information dispensed by Social Security Office should never be taken totally at face-value, consultation of same to an experienced lawyer in connection with matter is highly recommended. Also, if you are in doubt, you must ask questions to another person in authority of your claim. Know your rights. Defend your stand, for you to be able to gain a favorable aftermath.

Medical statements need to be detailed and substantial. Without support of objective medical findings, little or no consideration, at all, will be given to a physician’s medical opinion by an Administrative Law Judge. While writing out his diagnosis of your condition, gently remind your physician to explain all details, especially, diagnosis which supports your claim of disability, even your body’s limitations(e.g. level of inability too sit, stand, walk, stoop, crouch, grasp, reach or otherwise move) and your prognosis.

Remember! Generally, rule is that you cannot be approved for social security disability or SSI based on disability if you are not examined by a medical provider at least once every two months. It is best to abide by your prescribed medications, too. In end, whether you took your prescribed medicine or not may affect how your impairments are viewed. In fact, judges will often deny claims in which claimants did not take what was prescribed. The fact that claimant had no means by which to obtain their needed meds is generally irrelevant to an ALJ at a disability hearing.

Professional medical opinion is very important in presentation of an SSI case. The doctor/physician is only one qualified not only to state that a person is disabled but, rather, explain in detail, why a person is disabled. As such, these statements from qualified medical practitioners can greatly improve a claimant’s chances of being awarded continuing and past due benefits.