Medical Evidence

Preparing the Medical Evidence of Your Disability

Qualifying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits depends on documenting your medical condition. That’s why medical records indicating symptoms, ER visits, diagnostic tests, and diagnoses are the most important evidence you can offer to the Social Security Administration employees reviewing your case.

Documenting Your Medical Condition

Many kinds of information are important when collecting information to support your application for SSD or SSI benefits:

• Diagnoses
• Lists of medications
• Physical examinations
• Psychiatric evaluations
• Echocardiogram or EKG results
• Advanced imaging: X-ray, CAT, MRI, MRA and PET scan results
• Emergency Room/ outpatient visits and hospitalizations
• Opinions of your physicians

Expert Witness Resources

Since most first-time applications for Social Security Disability benefits are denied, it’s important to have the medical and expert witness resources necessary to challenge the Social Security Administration’s decision. Our disability lawyers consult and work with many different kinds of experts, and can guide you on which ones will be most useful in proving your case:

Coordinating Your Information

Your personal case manager at our office will work closely with you and your doctors in order to ensure all HIPAA privacy requirements are met and documents are submitted in a timely fashion.

Contact Us As Soon As Possible

It takes time to put together a strong case that proves your disability. Contact us for your free consultation so we can begin to identify what medical information will be most valuable for you.

The law firm of Clark, James, Hanlin, and Hunt, located in Birmingham, Alabama, represents clients throughout Montgomery, Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Hoover, Bessemer, Gadsden, Cullman, Jasper, Anniston, Pell City, Decatur, Selma, Florence, Scottsboro and Fort Payne.