Guest guest Posted July 20, 2000 Report Share Posted July 20, 2000 Your doctors need to complete THEIR part of the paperwork and submit your medical files. This also takes a 'release form' which SSDI will send to you to sign and return. SS will get your medical records from your doctor. As part of the review process, SS will send you to one of THEIR doctors, for some tests and believe it or not psychological evaluation. Every 3 or 4 years, once you are receiving SSDI, you will be subject to a CDR (Continuing Disability Review) which is more paperwork and more information on how your disease is progressing and keeping you from working. There is a big movement now called Ticket to Work, with a greater emphasis on putting the disabled into jobs they can do. Benefits would be adjusted according to earnings under that proposal. Gretchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2000 Report Share Posted July 20, 2000 Gretchin, Lamar here, You are basically correct, but complete, thorough and descriptive applications often go directly through. They did send me to a physician, who was also my family doctor and had already had filled out proper papers. They wanted a back X-Ray, he ordered it and never even checked me. No psychological evaluation was done or requested. In fact I have never heard of one being required unless the claim is for a psychiatric disability. Perhaps this to differs by state or area. In Georgia the disability adjudication is done by Vocational Rehab, a division of the State Dept. of Human Resources, and not by Social Security. In a way they are sub-contractors. SSDI Your doctors need to complete THEIR part of the paperwork and submit your medical files. This also takes a 'release form' which SSDI will send to you to sign and return. SS will get your medical records from your doctor. As part of the review process, SS will send you to one of THEIR doctors, for some tests and believe it or not psychological evaluation. Every 3 or 4 years, once you are receiving SSDI, you will be subject to a CDR (Continuing Disability Review) which is more paperwork and more information on how your disease is progressing and keeping you from working. There is a big movement now called Ticket to Work, with a greater emphasis on putting the disabled into jobs they can do. Benefits would be adjusted according to earnings under that proposal. Gretchen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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