Top 10 Mountain Climbing Movies | Epic Survival Film List 2026

Hello, this is Neil Good. I'm with the Good Law Group and today I'm going to be talking about medical records and what you should be telling your doctor. Medical records are probably the most important part of a social security disability case. The more treatment you have, the more medical records you have, the more documentation you have, the easier it is to win. The other thing I would tell you is that a specialist is better than a generalist. So what do I mean by that? So for example, if you have a back problem, you're better off seeing an orthopedic doctor or neurologist than your primary care doctor. The other thing that social security looks for is when you are being treated by different places and you make the same complaints. So for example, if you have a bad back and you fall down and break your finger, when you go to the hospital, it's important to mention to them that you have a bad back when they take your history. So today I'm going to talk to you about five different disabilities and how you can explain to your doctor what's wrong with you in a way that will help win your case. And these things are how they really would affect your work, but you're not going to just say that. Okay, so the first condition is if you have a spinal condition and you have a bad back and the doctor says, how's your back? Well, you could say, you know, my back's a nine out of 10 on pain and I really can't do much. That doesn't really help your disability case. If you say to your doctor, you know, doctor, after 10 minutes of sitting, I have to stand up for 15 minutes and then after standing up for 15 minutes, I have to lie down for 10 minutes. Those things can be used in terms of functional value related to work. In other words, in a job, you always have to stand or sit. So if you can only sit for 10 minutes or stand for 10 minutes, that's a problem with any job. So the other thing that's good with back conditions is you have to explain if you're not sitting and standing, what are you doing? You have to lie down, you have to walk around. So those things will help win your case. The next disability we're going to talk about is a disability with your hands and arms. So one of them would be like carpal tunnel syndrome or neuropathy or if you have a herniated cervical disc, those things affect the use of your hands and your arms. So, you know, you can always say, oh, the pain is severe or I can't use my arms, but that doesn't really help a disability case. What helps a disability case is if you talk in terms of pounds, for example, doctor, I can only lift five pounds now, or doctor, when I lift more than three pounds, I drop it. Another thing you could say is I can only hold the pencil for 10 minutes because there aren't very many jobs you can do where you can only hold the pencil for 10 minutes or I can only keyboard for 15 minutes. These are things that would help your disability case. The third one that I would like to talk about today is irritable bowel syndrome. So I always see in the records, this person has severe irritable bowel syndrome. Well, that doesn't really help your case. What will help your case is if you tell the doctor how many bowel movements you have and how long you're in the bathroom in a day. So, for example, saying somebody has severe IBS doesn't help because then Social Security could say, well, okay, they're going to the bathroom twice a day for 15 minutes. They can do that on their breaks. It's much better to say, doctor, today, now I'm going to the bathroom 10 times a day and I'm in the bathroom 20 to 30 minutes a time because that can then turn into you need 10 breaks and a work day and they have to be 15, 20 minutes. The next disability I'm going to talk about are migraine headaches. So I always see in the records, this person has severe migraine headaches. Well, that doesn't tell Social Security anything. Okay. What you need to be doing is telling your doctor, I have four migraine headaches a week and they each last for two or three hours. Okay. And then if you say, I've got to be in bed or I'm in the bathroom throwing up from them, or I have to be in a dark room, then that gives limitations that turn into things that they can use at work. The final one I'm going to talk about are seizures. So very often I see the records say they have a severe seizure disorder, but that doesn't really tell them anything. You need to say, you know, I've had three grand mal seizures this month and after each one, I have to lay down for four hours because that would mean that in a work situation, you could have to take, you know, three days off of work or three breaks and have to lay down afterwards. So if you're having symptoms from any of these disabilities or any other disabilities that stop you from working, please call us and we can help you win your disability case. Thank you.