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As a former Social Security disability examiner, I cannot stress the importance of your medical treatment enough. Your medical treatment notes establish that you have a medical and or mental impairment, the severity of the impairment, your response to treatment, and often your medical prognosis. Consequently, you may wish to seek medical treatment in order to establish you medical treatment history. So what kinds of medical treatment sources are given more weight as evidentiary sources for a Social Security medical determination? Social Security disability considers all evidence submitted for review, however certain types of medical treatment are considered more valid than others. For instance, a disability examiner is more likely to give more weight to medical notes supplied by an orthopedist than notes supplied by a chiropractor when determining the severity of a back condition. Similarly, an examiner may give more credence to a psychiatrist's notes versus those supplied by a social worker when evaluating a mental impairment. Medical history notes can be invaluable to the success of your Social Security disability claim and/or SSI claim, if they contain notes that are favorable to your disability case. How can you determine if your physician’s notes are favorable? I would suggest that you acquire your medical treatment notes from your treating physicians prior to filing a claim for Social Security disability, so that you can review them. Many individuals are surprised to find that their physicians are not supportive of their disability claim, and still others have found their physicians have actually made derogatory or negative comments about them in their treatment notes. Your medical treatment notes are only going to be helpful if your physician is supportive of your decision to file for Social Security disability. 
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