Documentation of the existence of impairments must come from medical professionals that are accepted by the Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration has a specific rule for what is considered an acceptable medical source. A licensed doctor or psychologist must identify your problem. This is called a diagnosis. Your doctor should state how you would be doing in the future. This is called a prognosis. Once the existence of an impairment is established, all other medical and non-medical evidence is considered in assessing the severity of the impairments. Notes acceptable medical sources social security disability from doctor assistants, nurses, and other medical sources strengthen the case. Statements from family and friends help show your restrictions and pain. The bottom line is that the Social Security Administration wants to hear from a Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Psychologist for the setting of a working diagnosis and then after the working diagnosis is set, additional medical sources come in to play to show the severity level of each impairment. We work disability cases in this way.
