Social Security disability judges rely primarily on evidence to decide whether you qualify for disability benefits. Within the last few years, SSA changed its procedure to remove "claimant credibility" as a factor that judges can use.
In other words, you may appear before a judge who finds you completely believable and honest, but you will still lose if the evidence in your case file does not clearly document a disability. If a judge was to approve you based primarly on your testimony and the judge's "gut feel" about you, then that approval would almost certainly be held by by the Appeals Council before you even saw it.
Judges are oblgated to follow SSA's regulations about how to analyze cases. If that evidence is not there you will not win.
In this episode I talk specifically about the evidence that needs to be in a winning disability case file. I speak about the importance of current and on-going medical records, medical source statements about your work capacity and the clinical and lab tests that judges find most compelling.
I also speak about less common but valuable evidence you can use, including school records, statements from third parties, and photograhs.
Finally I speak about a very important factor in your disability case - your age. You can't change your age but you do need to know how and why your age can impact your odds of winning.
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