Many people show up to their Social Security Disability hearing with what they think are their medical records. They had gone to their doctor’s office and asked for their records and they were given some papers that certainly looked medical. Unfortunately, their doctor’s office had lied to them, and what they had turned out not to be medical records.
When someone asks their doctor’s office for their medical record, they are very rarely given their actual medical record. Instead, they are usually given discharge papers, appointment reminders, a medication list, a problem list, or an appointment summary. While those things are often part of a medical record, they are barely a fraction of an actual medical record. Your real medical record is thousands of pages long, with a single visit often generating fifty pages or more.
So, how do you get your hands on your actual medical record? The best way to make sure that what you are given is your real medical record is to have a lawyer submit the request for you. A lawyer is able to issue a medical record request and make sure that what they receive is the real deal.
