More and more of my clients have seen a Nurse Practitioner for their medical care. Some like the Nurse Practitioner so much that they no longer actually see the doctor or their return appointments just keep being made with the Nurse Practitioner. The Nurse Practitioner is giving them great care, so why should they care [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Burden of Proof'
Why Your Nurse Pratitioner May Make Your Social Security Disability Case Sick
October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · General, Medical Impairment, Medical Treatment, Rules, SSA
Tags: Acceptable Medical Sources·Appointments·Burden of Proof·Card Game·Determinable Impairment·Disability·Distinction·Existence·Health Care Providers·Medical Care·Medical Evidence·Medical Impairment·Medical Treatment·Nurse Practitioner·Nurse Practitioners·sequential evaluation·Social Security·Social Security Disability·SSA·Step 2
Indianapolis Social Security Disability Cases Appeal Processing Time April 2009
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Delay, General, Hearings, Medical Treatment, SSA
The good news is that the processing time for appeals that go to hearing in Indianapolis has fallen when compared to the times from June 2008. The average processing time in Indianapolis measured from the Request for Hearing was 896 days at the end of June 2008. At the end of April 2009, the average [...]
Tags: Appeals·April·Bad News·Burden of Proof·Delay·Disability·Disability Cases·Disability Claim·Hearings·Indianapolis·Long Wait·medcial treatment·Medical Condition·Processing Time·Social Security·Social Security Disability
Medical Impairment and Social Security Disability
June 11th, 2008 · No Comments · General, Medical Impairment, Medical Treatment, SSA
Social Security only pays benefits if you have a medical impairment that prevents you from working. The claimant has the burden of proof -that is a “lawyer way” of saying that you have to prove you have a medical impairment and you have to prove that the medical impairment is the reason you can not [...]
Tags: Burden of Proof·Disability·Medical Impairment·Social Security·Social Security Disability·SSA