Episode 4 – Healthcare, Onset of Disability and High GAFs
Social Security Disability Law Weekly is a podcast devoted to issues in Social Security Disability Law. Discussion is focused on Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income payments. Social Security Disability Law Weekly is hosted by Steven Butler of Linarducci & Butler, PA.
Episode 4 includes discussion of: emergency room treatment in disability claims; Delaware District Court Appeals; Delaware State Bar Association Seminar on Social Security; Disability Onset Date when filing a second application for benefits; Attorneys at Administrative Law Judge Hearings; and high Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores. Download Episode 4, or press play below.
Show Notes: Social Security Disability Law Weekly Podcast Episode 4
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This Week’s Topics:
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Issues during my week in practice
- Emergency Room Treatment as Primary Care
- Discussion of using hospital as only source of treatment
- Suggestion to consider low-cost medical clinics as alternative (Delaware Low-Cost Healthcare)
- Meeting to discuss Social Security Appeals with Chief Judge Gregory Sleet of the United State District Court for the District of Delaware
- Chief Judge Sleet brought together Delaware Attorneys that practice in the Social Security area with representatives from the Social Security Administration General Counsel’s office to discuss Social Security Issues at the District Court level
- Delaware State Bar Association Social Security Disability Ethics Presentation
- Discussion about Delaware State Bar Association CLE on “Can Social Security Disability Help Your Client?†(Registration Form)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Social Security News (Discussion of Topics Reported in the News and Blogs this Week)
- Disability Onset in Subsequent Claims by Aaron Rifkind of Illinois Social Security Blog
- Social Security allows individuals to file a new claim for disability benefits after being denied by an Administrative Law Judge, but you can only be found disabled beginning the day after the ALJ denial
- What date should you use as your alleged onset date if you file a new claim
- Am I Required to Have an Attorney at a Hearing by Tim Moore of Disability Secrets Blog
- Discussion of factors that should be considered when determining if you should be represented at an ALJ hearing
- Is GAF of 65 Too High? By Gordon Gates of the Social Security Disability Lawyer Blog
- Global Assessment of Functioning or GAF scores are a tool used by Mental Health Providers (psychiatrist, psychologist and therapists) to provide a snapshot of your functioning at the time you are evaluated
- GAF scores of 51 or higher, normally cause problems in being approved for Social Security Disability based on mental illness
- Disability cannot be determined solely based on a GAF score
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