What sort of Forms are Used to File For Social Security Disability?
To file for Social Security Disability (SSD) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) you must complete three forms.
Form SSA 3368 is used to gather information about sources of medical treatment; i.e., physicians, hospitals, mental health institutions, etc., as well as your work history. Your work history should include a description of any jobs you have held within the past 15 years, with as much detail as possible about the job you held for the longest period, including duties and responsibilities associated with those positions. Form 3368 will also ask you to provide information regarding your educational background.
Form SSA 3369 is used to gather even more information about your work history, and it gives you a chance to be really specific about any activities you had to perform in past jobs, such as lifting, climbing stairs, memory function, standing or sitting for long periods of time, typing, etc.
Form SSA 827’s are medical release forms, and must be signed by the applicant before Social Security can obtain your medical records, as well as your educational transcripts or other documentation, and any information from past employers regarding positions you held and/or tasks you were expected to perform within each position. In signing SSA 827 forms, you give Social Security permission to get copies of all of your records so that they can be added to the case file—without these records no decision on a disability claim can be made. However, if your initial application for disability is denied, there are other forms you must fill out if you intend to appeal the denial, or file a request for reconsideration.
One form is SSA 3441, the disability report form. This form allows Social Security access to any new medical records you may have acquired since you filed your initial application. It also asks the applicant to provide details of any changes in his or her condition since the time the initial application was filed, as well as any new illnesses that may have developed over this time.
You will also have to complete form SSA 561, the official request for reconsideration appeal form, as well as the SSA 827’s that allow Social Security access to your recent medical records.
If your reconsideration appeal is denied and you intend to file a second appeal, you must file a SSA 501, the request for a hearing form, as well as another round of SSA 827’s so that Social Security can once again obtain copies of your most recent medical records.
If you have retained an attorney or non-attorney rep, he or she will complete all of the necessary forms for you at each level of consideration. All forms can be filed online, and this is generally the quickest and most convenient way of filing them.
The only point at which filing a Social Security form online is not advisable is at the very outset of your claim. It is often in the claimant’s best interest to speak with a claims representative in person or over the phone before filing the initial application for disability, because at this point there is much knowledge to be gained from an in-person interview.
However, if you file your appeals forms online, do not forget to include an SSA 827 medical release form. Without this form no appeal, either reconsideration or at the hearing level, can go forward.
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Form SSA 3368 is used to gather information about sources of medical treatment; i.e., physicians, hospitals, mental health institutions, etc., as well as your work history. Your work history should include a description of any jobs you have held within the past 15 years, with as much detail as possible about the job you held for the longest period, including duties and responsibilities associated with those positions. Form 3368 will also ask you to provide information regarding your educational background.
Form SSA 3369 is used to gather even more information about your work history, and it gives you a chance to be really specific about any activities you had to perform in past jobs, such as lifting, climbing stairs, memory function, standing or sitting for long periods of time, typing, etc.
Form SSA 827’s are medical release forms, and must be signed by the applicant before Social Security can obtain your medical records, as well as your educational transcripts or other documentation, and any information from past employers regarding positions you held and/or tasks you were expected to perform within each position. In signing SSA 827 forms, you give Social Security permission to get copies of all of your records so that they can be added to the case file—without these records no decision on a disability claim can be made. However, if your initial application for disability is denied, there are other forms you must fill out if you intend to appeal the denial, or file a request for reconsideration.
One form is SSA 3441, the disability report form. This form allows Social Security access to any new medical records you may have acquired since you filed your initial application. It also asks the applicant to provide details of any changes in his or her condition since the time the initial application was filed, as well as any new illnesses that may have developed over this time.
You will also have to complete form SSA 561, the official request for reconsideration appeal form, as well as the SSA 827’s that allow Social Security access to your recent medical records.
If your reconsideration appeal is denied and you intend to file a second appeal, you must file a SSA 501, the request for a hearing form, as well as another round of SSA 827’s so that Social Security can once again obtain copies of your most recent medical records.
If you have retained an attorney or non-attorney rep, he or she will complete all of the necessary forms for you at each level of consideration. All forms can be filed online, and this is generally the quickest and most convenient way of filing them.
The only point at which filing a Social Security form online is not advisable is at the very outset of your claim. It is often in the claimant’s best interest to speak with a claims representative in person or over the phone before filing the initial application for disability, because at this point there is much knowledge to be gained from an in-person interview.
However, if you file your appeals forms online, do not forget to include an SSA 827 medical release form. Without this form no appeal, either reconsideration or at the hearing level, can go forward.
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