Social Security Disability: Tell your doctor your limitations!

When Social Security decides your case, they’re basing their decision off of what your medical record says about your limitations. Doctors are more focused on treating your condition than they are about recording your limitations, and so, unfortunately, limitations are very rarely found in the medical record. Before you apply, or while your case is pending, make sure to discuss your limitations with your doctor and ask that those limitations be specified in your medical record.