3 Examples How To Get Doctor Support For Disability Benefits

Hey, good morning, Brian Terry in here. I want to shoot this video before I get off to my day to go through a Few practical tips on that how you can get your doctor's support and earlier this week We had an in-depth interview with the Carlos for how about how to get doctor's support and what to do So this is like the surefire Practical way for you to get some doctor support. So it involves talking to You We have some practical explanations or examples that I'm going to share with you and what you want to focus on is what it is that you're not able to do when you're talking talking to your doctor because doctors may not fill out the support forms, but if you communicate your limitations to them and they're in your Medical records that is solid evidence I'll give you a quick example. We had an individual this week that we had reviewed her medical records for and she was applying for disability because she had limitations about sitting and standing and A lot of pain in her in her legs The challenge was there was really nothing in her medical records that supported it Very strong suggestions that she have a lifestyle change to Lose weight so that she wouldn't have this, you know chronic pain that she had and be able to move So What this individual is going to do is what I'm going to show you is just what to do and what to say to your doctor so for example If you are walking or standing just like this and I'm in the kitchen right now So what would it be like for you to be at the sink right here doing dishes like could you do a full? sink full of dishes for You know a group of four would you be able to do it all at once standing here? Or would you have to maybe do the plates and then go sit on a stool over here? And then take a break and come back and do the cups in the silverware How long can you stand or how many minutes can you stand where you need to really think about that? And be realistic and be able to support it now over here we have a gallon of juice It's actually a half gallon of juice now, but I mean could you lift that could you lift it with both hands if you've got like You know arthritis or degenerative disc disease. Does it allow you to lift that several times? How many times can you so that's another thing? We had individuals this week two of them that had diabetes. One was the over-the-road truck driver And so he did this for over 15 years It was his livelihood, but as a diabetic now he has blurred vision and he's losing feeling in his feet So if you go to the doctor the doctor you know what two to three hours a day my vision is really compromised with my diabetes And that goes into your medical notes, and they know you're a truck driver And that's what you've done to make a living it's gonna be hard for you to continue to do that work But in your medical records, it's gonna be glaringly apparent from that one statement That you are not able to do the work that you've done for it if you're over 50 you can build a case on that so Those are some of the other things Also a lot of people have chronic pain and it prevents them from sleeping So what's your sleep pattern like and if you wake up, and you're foggy and you're groggy And you have repetitive tasks and somebody puts a list on the refrigerator for you to do And you don't remember that list because of your sleep disruptions Those are other good examples of what you can get your medical records So to summarize you want to focus on what it is that you cannot do when you're talking to your doctors I? Suggest that you minimize or avoid talking about your conditions and focus again on what it is you can't do So this has been Brian Terry from the disability digest I hope you like the work that we do if you do like us share it come back for more make it a great day