Winning Your Social Security Disability Case- Medical Records

The Administrative Law Judge will examine the records and ask you questions about what shows up in the records.

What you tell the doctor when you go to her office shows up in these records.

Things like this show up in the records:

Doing well;

Was able to mow the yard this week and did some roofing;

Drinks 6 beers every night.

Seems innocent, but the Administrative Law Judge may see this as evidence that you can work a full time job.

The lesson is to be careful in how you explain your condition to the doctor.

A full explanation may be that you are doing better than the last visit, however, after walking and standing for 10 minutes you need to lay down and rest due to pain.

Or you repaired a small patch on the roof, and then had to rest for the afternoon.

Or you mowed the front yard, and your son finished the back yard.