WHY SOCIAL SECURITY CAN'T PAY YOU

If Social Security has denied your disability claim, there is a reason.  Find out why and you have a good chance to get a reversal on appeal and get paid.  Here are common reasons Social Security cannot pay a claim:

1)  You fail to prove that you can't do other work.  You may be unable to perform your most recent work.  However, if you are under age 50, you must also prove that there is no other full-time work in the US economy that you would be able to perform--even work that is much easier than your past jobs.

2)  You fail to address vocational limitations based on your impairment.  Your doctor's records show that you have several medical conditions.  However, no one addresses the specific functional limitations caused by these medical conditions.  How do your medical conditions affect your ability to sit,stand, walk, stoop, crouch, lift/carry, follow directions or stay on task?  Without these considerations, Social Security cannot pay your claim in most cases.

3)  Errors were made by the decision maker at Social Security, resulting in a wrongful denial.  Here is one example:  The decision on your claim was made by a "single decision maker" who is not a doctor and, therefore,not qualified to determine whether or not you are disabled.

4)  You do not have sufficient work history for insured status under Title 2.  If you have never worked, or if you stopped working more than 5 years ago, chances are you have lost your insured status and are no longer covered by Social Security's disability insurance program.  This is generally not something you can fix, unless you have wages that didn't get properly reported to Social Security.  You should explore filing an SSI claim, but SSI has financial requirements that Title 2 does not have.

How are these and similar problems corrected?  Once a denial has been issued, it can only be corrected with an appeal.  An appeal is not a court or trial process.  It involves appearing before an administrative law judge in a hearing, not a trial.  You would be best served to have professional representation with you at this hearing.  Otherwise, some of the same mistakes that got you denied before may occur again.

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