25 Sep When Medical Evidence Gets Complicated, Should You Hire a Disability Lawyer?
Applying for Social Security Disability benefits can become difficult when a medical condition does not fit neatly into a single diagnosis or set of test results. A person might have several conditions being treated by different specialists. Symptoms can fluctuate. Imaging may show abnormalities without fully explaining a person's limitations. In other cases, a diagnosis is clear, but the medical records do not describe how the condition affects the person's ability to work. These situations create a gap between having a medical condition and documenting disability under Social Security's rules. According to the SSA (Social Security Administration), disability decisions require objective medical evidence from an acceptable medical source to establish a medically determinable impairment — and the broader record must also demonstrate severity, duration, and functional limitations before a claim can be approved.
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