Your Social Security disability lawyer can explain that, if you primarily have a physical impairment, the description of your symptoms will most likely be the most relevant part of your testimony. Additionally, your Social Security disability lawyer can emphasize that, if you can provide the Administration with a clear, honest and vivid description of your symptoms, you will have a higher probability of succeeding with your claim.
Questions Regarding Your Pain
Some claimants are tempted to underscore their disability by putting on a theatrical display for the judge. The judge may interpret this as dishonesty. However, if you have a genuine problem at the hearing and you need to stop the hearing, it is okay to let the judge and your Long Beach Social Security lawyer know about it.
- Where do you experience pain?
- What is the nature of your pain?
- What do you believe causes this pain?
- How long have you experienced this pain?
- Has the pain ever been in remission, and if so, what cause this remission?
- Can you please describe how the pain feels?
- Does the level of pain vary in severity?
- Is the pain constant or does it come and go in waves?
- How long does the pain last?
- Is there anything that exacerbates the pain?
- On a ten-point scale, how bad is the pain?
- Do you experience muscle spasms?
- Does the pain radiate?
- Do you have other symptoms related to the pain such as muscle weakness, numbness, redness, fatigue or weight loss?
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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