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Anyone filing for disability will find that there are many, many forms that must be filled out along the way. One of the forms you will first encounter in this process is the 3368, or disability report form. The 3368 is filed with the federal social security administration (SSA) when you apply for social security disability (SSD) or SSI. On this form you will describe the nature of your disability; if it is physical or mental, the date of onset (when your symptoms began), what type of medical treatment you have received and medical facilities at which you received it, etc. You should provide as many details on the 3368 as possible regarding your symptoms and your medical history. This is the launching point from which your entire case will evolve—an SSA claims rep forwards the 3368 directly to disability determination services (DDS), the state agency that decides disability cases for the federal social security administration (in some states it is not called DDS, but it is usually called something similar, with the word disability somewhere in the title). At DDS your case is assigned to a disability examiner, who then uses the disability report form to begin evaluating your claim. The more information you provide, the more the examiner has to work with at the outset. Making sure that you have listed correct contact information for your physicians, as well as the locations at which you have received medical care, will help your case move through the system more quickly. If your form is incomplete or the information provided is sketchy, the disability examiner will have to follow up with you and waste time looking for correct names or phone numbers so that he or she can get your medical records, which could actually hold your case up for months. There is no reason to rush when filling out the 3368. It is available online, so you can gather your medical history first and fill it out at your leisure in your own home. Or, if you choose to go in to your local social security office, you can fill the 3368 disability report form during your disability interview with the social security claims representative. Applying for your social security disability benefits in person has some advantages, one of which is the ability to ask questions about anything you do not understand, including questions or information requested on the 3368. If you have retained a disability attorney who has agreed to represent you from the very start of your case (this is not always easy, since many disability lawyers will not take a case until it has been denied by DDS and is being appealed), have him or her fill the form out for you online. An experienced disability attorney will be well-versed in filling out this form, as well as the many other disability forms you will encounter through the disability determination process. 
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