Entitlement to Disability means verifying what you say is true (and that means medical records)

Someone recently wrote in a forum that they had decided to apply for disability earlier this year and were quite frustrated at not having heard an answer yet. They concluded their statements by writing that they had paid into the social security system for many years and were entitled to their disability benefits.

Well, to address that, yes, if a person has paid into the federal system via fica tax payments or through self-employment taxes, then title II social security disability benefits can be viewed as something to be entitled to.

However, being entitled, that is being qualified in the most basic way as a result of having earned sufficient quarters of coverage for SSD (social security disability) is only the first step. To actually receive SSD benefits, one has to verify that what is indicated on the disability application (actually, the disability report form) is...true.

This is why disability examiners actually refer to the conditions marked down by a person filing for disability as allegations. And the date that the claimant states they became disabled is referred to as an AOD, or alleged onset date. Because until the allegations and the onset date are actually proven, in the view of the social security administration they are simply allegations and nothing more.

How does one prove their allegations, i.e. prove that they became disabled on such-and-such-a-date as a result of certain physical or mental impairments? Medical records. It all boils down to the medical record documentation (although in the case of child disability claims, substantial record documentation can be in the form of school records, achievement and IQ testing, and teacher's questionaires).

The following page provides additional on this topic: Social security disability and medical records






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