Social Security Disability Denials EXPLAINED

Bruce Porter explains the TOP 5 Reasons Why Your Social Security Claim May Have Been Denied - transcript below ⬇️

News Anchor 1 (00:35):
Over there. I would absolutely agree with that. All right. Um, for this week's dollars, it cents, by the way, this is sponsored by The Resource Center. Um, we wanna take a look at today's topic. This is the top five reasons why social security disability claims are denied. Okay. So if you've been trying and it's not happening, maybe this will help explain what's going on.

Bruce Porter (00:59):
So I hear it a lot. People complain, you know, I've been trying to get my social security disability approved. I just can't get it done. It's just something's going on. And there's reasons, you know, they don't just automatically just turn everybody down. Right. There's usually reasons behind a denial. Sure. And so, you know, we've started this new department at the resource center. We assist people in helping them get approved for disability, or at least going through the process. And we have a social security representative, uh, disability representative at the resource center now. Yeah. Roy Rickstrew. And Roy is an expert with 20 years of experience. And I would encourage people to call because trying to figure out why we get denied, lack of medical evidence, you know, your claims person, your, uh, expert that you're using has to have documentation in order to help you go through the process of being approved for social. It's

News Anchor 2 (02:01):
Not gonna go on your say so,

Bruce Porter (02:03):
No, Hey, I can't work. Okay. Here you go. No, they're not gonna somehow it doesn't work. So yeah, there's gotta be, uh, supporting medical information. And a lot of times we re you know, we're gonna rely on you to help us get that put together. Now here's some things you've gotta know though about medical stuff. Sometimes you go in, uh, and you're wanting to get some walking assistance. You want a prescribed cane or a Walker, right. And you know, if you've ever had a checkup and Hey, Tom, how you feeling? Oh, normal, normal, normal. They're checking the boxes. So if you go in for a, like a cane or a prescription for an a device, right. Make sure that the doctor knows and coordinate your medical record to reflect that you're not normal if you're asking for a walking device.

News Anchor 1 (02:49):
Right.

Bruce Porter (02:50):
And so a lot of times we have to navigate that. And then prior denials, you know, just because you've been denied, doesn't mean you just automatically reopen a new case, appealing your denial would be the proper process, not opening a brand new case. And then trying to reinvent the wheel all over
News Anchor 2 (03:12):
Again. You need to know why you can't keep submitting the same stuff over and over. It's been denied. It's gonna be again.

News Anchor 1 (03:19):
And you should know you have the right to appeal it. I guess if you're denied. Absolutely. Absolutely. So understand that. You may have to do that before you just clean it off and start again.

Bruce Porter (03:28):
Well, 70% are denied upfront there's 13.8% that are approved on appeal. Now, you know, when you look at that, if you have a prior denial, you gather the information, why was I denied? Well, it's usually lack of medical record or something to that effect, supporting documentation. And you want you and your, your representative. That's where we come into play. We're gonna help you get the proper documentation together and then go through the process. Now let's go to your income. Okay? Everybody thinks my income affects my ability to get a social security disability. Well, if you can work, you don't need disability. Right? If you can't work, then you're gonna need some disability. Technically social security disability is not based on income. Social security income SSI is but not S S D I. So you gotta keep that straight. Okay.

News Anchor 2 (04:26):
A little less than a minute, right?

Bruce Porter (04:28):
Yeah. Failure to, uh, follow treatment. So if you're prescribed a treatment plan from your doctor and you fail to follow that plan that could affect your ability to obtain social security, disability

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