SSI: The Questions Which Are Asked To Determine Whether You Are Disabled

You must have a medical condition, either physical or mental (or a combination of the two), that interferes with basic work-related activities.

DDS will consider all the medical facts in your case. The DDS office will use the medical records from your doctors and from hospitals, clinics, or institutions where you have been treated and all the other information they have.

On the medical report forms, your doctors or other sources are asked for a medical history of your condition, including:

• What is wrong with you.
• When it began.
• How it limits your activities.
• What the medical tests have shown.
• What treatment you have received.
• What is the prognosis.
• What is your ability to do work-related activities, such as walking, sitting, lifting, and carrying.

Your doctors are not asked for an opinion about whether you are disabled. You can obtain a copy online of the form Social Security uses to gather facts about your disability. Known as an Adult Disability Report, the form can be downloaded from: https://secure.ssa.gov/apps6z/i3369/ee001-fe.jsp

If DDS requires more medical information, you may be asked to take a special examination called a Consultative Examination. Social Security will pay for the examination and for certain travel expenses related to it. For more about this examination, including the possibility of using your own doctor to do it, see Consultative Examination.

The evaluator will use the medical records from your doctors and from hospitals, clinics, or institutions where you have been treated and all the other information they have.

See The Timetable Of An SSI Application for information on the steps to take to give yourself the best chance for having your claim approved in the shortest period of time.

It is worth noting that Social Security District Offices use POMS (Program Operation Manual Systems) to interpret and apply Social Security rules and regulations about disabling conditions. You can see a copy at www.ssa.gov or you can order a CD-Rom version from the U.S. Government Printing Office for a fee. See: www.gpo.gov/

If you don't have an appropriate medical condition, your claim is denied. If you do, the evaluator will go to the next step.

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