When you testify at your Social Security disability hearing, you can expect the administrative law judge or your Social Security disability attorney to ask you questions about your impairment and your symptoms. One such symptom commonly claimed by disability applicants is shortness of breath.
If your impairment manifests with shortness of breath, here are some questions you should discuss with your Social Security disability attorney before your testimony.
Talk About the Cause
Shortness of breath is usually an after-effect of some trauma or a symptom of some other condition. Your Social Security disability attorney might ask you to describe when you experience shortness of breath and what causes it. Do you have asthma? Is it an allergic reaction? Do you experience lung congestion or cardiac chest pain?
Some claimants, as a Social Security disability lawyer knows, experience shortness of breath from simply lying down or mild exertion. Others experience it when they are stressed out or experience panic attacks.
Talk About the Effects
Your Social Security disability attorney might ask you to describe how it feels when you are short of breath. Do you find yourself wheezing? Do you frequently have acute episodes of breathing problems?
Talk About Your Physical Exertion
Your Social Security disability lawyer might ask you to think about your ability to exert yourself. How fast and how far can you walk? How many stairs are you able to climb? Do you have to stop frequently?
If you have more questions about what to expect at your disability hearing, contact a Social Security disability attorney. Call James Dolenga at 1-866-772-5299.
Attorney Dolenga has successfully guided thousands of severely disabled clients in presenting their claims before the Social Security Administrations administrative law judges and numerous Federal district courts across the country. As a result of these efforts, his clients have been provided with the resources needed to support themselves and their families.
Through this work, Attorney Dolenga also sees first-hand the catastrophic effects a severe, and often sudden, medical diagnosis or death can have on a family emotionally and financially. This allows him to fully understand how critically important advanced planning can be. Whether in drafting a simple will to protect an individual or a couple and their home and bank account or drafting more complex documents, he understands how important this planning can be to the lives of his clients and their families.
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