When Does Social Security Schedule a Psychiatric Exam?
Once a Social Security disability claim has been taken it is forwarded to a state disability agency for processing. Your disability claim is assigned to a disability examiner who has the responsibility of making a medical disability determination.
Disability examiners gather the medical evidence for the treatment sources that you provided at your initial disability application interview.
If the disability examiner receives your medical treatment information and finds that your treatment notes are not current (within the past three months), or there is no treatment for your alleged psychiatric condition, or the treatment information contained in file is insufficient for a medical decision, they may consider a consultative psychiatric exam to if you have a medically determinable psychiatric impairment.
Generally, Social Security will not unnecessarily schedule consultative examinations unless they feel they need more information for a medical decision.
But, however, if you have good current psychiatric treatment, Social Security will most likely not send you for a psychiatric examination.
If you did not allege a psychiatric impairment, but Social Security schedules your for a psychiatric examination, there was, most likely, some indication in your medical treatment notes, you activities of daily living questionnaires, or in your third party questionnaire (a questionnaire most often completed by the person you listed as a third party contact on your application) that you have some type of psychiatric impairment (i.e. depression, bipolar disorder,a learning disorder).
Social Security is obligated to address any indication of a mental condition even if you did not allege a mental impairment when you filed your claim for disability.
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Disability examiners gather the medical evidence for the treatment sources that you provided at your initial disability application interview.
If the disability examiner receives your medical treatment information and finds that your treatment notes are not current (within the past three months), or there is no treatment for your alleged psychiatric condition, or the treatment information contained in file is insufficient for a medical decision, they may consider a consultative psychiatric exam to if you have a medically determinable psychiatric impairment.
Generally, Social Security will not unnecessarily schedule consultative examinations unless they feel they need more information for a medical decision.
But, however, if you have good current psychiatric treatment, Social Security will most likely not send you for a psychiatric examination.
If you did not allege a psychiatric impairment, but Social Security schedules your for a psychiatric examination, there was, most likely, some indication in your medical treatment notes, you activities of daily living questionnaires, or in your third party questionnaire (a questionnaire most often completed by the person you listed as a third party contact on your application) that you have some type of psychiatric impairment (i.e. depression, bipolar disorder,a learning disorder).
Social Security is obligated to address any indication of a mental condition even if you did not allege a mental impairment when you filed your claim for disability.
Return to:
Other Posts
Filing a disability application as soon as you are eligible
What if my disability application gets denied?
Disability Application Was Filed in the SSI Program
Disability application links
Why Should You Use a Lawyer When Filing For A Social Security Disability Appeal?
What Can You Do to Help Your Chances of Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits?
Why You Should File for Disability ASAP
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