Medical Source Statements

by | Sep 14, 2022 | Uncategorised

When you are in the process of obtaining Social Security disability benefits, you may hear the term medical source statement (MSS) or treating source statement. A MSS is a medical opinion from your treating doctor about the nature and severity of your functional...

Prescribed Treatment Compliance

by | Sep 7, 2022 | Uncategorised

Social Security requires disability claimants to follow medically prescribed treatment when it is reasonably expected to restore the ability to work. If a disability claimant does not follow this kind of medically prescribed treatment without a good or justified...

Five Advantages of Thinking Outside the Office

by | Aug 23, 2022 | Uncategorised

Office jobs aren’t for everyone. There are so many other options and one of them could turn out to be the best choice for you! Non-office jobs involve both skilled and non-skilled labor. Some involve completing an apprenticeship program; others may require vocational...

 Responsibility for Evidence

by | Aug 16, 2022 | Uncategorised

Generally, it is the claimant’s duty to prove to Social Security that they are in fact disabled. This means that Social Security requires all known medical evidence that relates to the claimant’s medical conditions or potential disability to be submitted. All medical...

The Work Standard

by | Aug 8, 2022 | Uncategorised

Whether you can qualify for Social Security Disability or SSI benefits is generally based upon a work standard. The standard is whether you can perform work which exists in the national economy. This work needs to be able to be performed either full-time or at a level...