Good afternoon.
My name is Cindy Speaker, and I have with me today, as my guest, Attorney Winslow Butts
of Gardberg & Kemmerly.
She's a Social Security Disability attorney.
Winslow, how're you doing?
I'm doing good.
How are you doing?
Thank you for having me.
Yeah, I'm delighted to have.
I'm delighted to have you.
So, we're going to talk about consultative examinations today.
My first question is, why would the Social Security Administration schedule one, and
what exactly is it?
Yeah, a consultative examination is basically when Social Security schedules a claimant,
somebody applying for disability, schedules them a doctor's appointment.
They either do it because they don't think that they have enough evidence in order to
make a disability determination, or they want just some kind of clarification of the evidence
that they already have.
So, they would schedule an appointment with one of their doctors.
It is an independent doctor, but they are paid by Social Security.
So, they would schedule an appointment with that doctor.
Okay, so this can't be with your family doctor?
No, it cannot be.
Usually, Social Security just sends you a letter telling you where to be and when, and
all you have to do is just show up.
Okay, I see.
Is it a bad sign if they ask for this examination?
Does that mean they're probably going to deny you?
No, not at all.
Usually, it just means that either the person wasn't seeing that many doctors, so they need
more evidence, or maybe they just wanted to get kind of a clarification between two different
doctors that the person has seen.
So it's not a good sign or a bad sign.
It just means that Social Security wants more.
Okay, okay.
Now, what do you need to take to this examination?
What kind of information do they need?
The first thing that the person needs to bring is definitely their ID.
A doctor will not see them unless they have a government-issued photo ID.
So, that's the biggest thing.
We always like for clients to also bring in their ... If they have their X-ray reports
or their MRI reports to bring those in.
Social Security is supposed to send these doctors their own records, so that they can
kind of know something about the person, but it's good just to have in case for some reason
the doctor did not get it from Social Security.
Okay, and how can this consultative examination ... that's a mouthful.
I know.
How can it affect the Social Security Disability claim?
It can help you.
If for some reason you don't go, that could definitely hurt you, because Social Security
would see that as you're not cooperating with them.
But it can definitely help for you to go and have a doctor check you out and show exactly
what your problems are, and then, usually, they give some kind of limitations like how
long a claimant could sit or stand.
So, it definitely can help people get approved, but could also hurt them if you either don't
go or don't cooperate.
How long of a process is this?
Is it like usually very in-depth or ... How long of the examination is it?
Yeah, the examination, is it really comprehensive?
That is one of the problems that people have with the CEs is that they do not last for
that long.
Most the times, people are only seen by that doctor maybe 10 minutes.
So, it's a good thing, but it's not like somebody's actual doctor is the one seeing them.
It's just somebody that's spending a few minutes with you, and then they kind of make a decision
based on that.
Yeah, I can see where that would be concerning.
I don't know if this is relevant or not, but are there any statistics on how often they
are approved once they have the CE exam?
Not really statistics.
Most people at the initial level, once they had just first filed with Social Security,
the majority of people are denied whether it's because of the CE, the consultative examination,
or if it's just because Social Security didn't have enough for them to get approved.
Most people are denied initially, and then we have to appeal it.
Okay.
Let me ask you because you're Social Security disability attorney.
If someone has questions, how can they reach your office?
They can reach our office by calling our main number.
It is 251-343-1111 or go to our website at GardbergLaw.com.
Very good.
Sounds like it's a good idea if they call you to consult on the CE just so they're well
prepared.
It definitely is.
Just so they can know what to bring.
We give them tips as far as how to interact with the doctor, what to do, what not to do.
So they definitely should call us if they do have a consultative examination scheduled.
Excellent, excellent.
Winslow, thanks for your time today.
Thank you, thank you.
Okay, so, those of you that are watching either live or replay, you can just leave your questions
right on this page.
We'll get them answered for you, and we appreciate your time.
Bye everybody.
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