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The toughest task that individuals encounter when they have applied for SSDI benefits is the burden of proof.  No matter whether it is a liver disease or another medical condition that has impaired you to the extent that you cannot work or seek gainful employment, nothing is more critical than proving that you meet the requirements of the SSA.  It is always advisable that you enlist the experience and expertise of a qualified Social Security Disability attorney.

However, you will not stand a chance during the application process or any appeal hearing if you do not present substantial evidence that you are truly disabled and cannot earn a living based on your medical condition.  Whether you have been disabled by liver disease or another debilitating medical condition, you may be seeing a specialist as well as your family physician.  Although their diagnosis and opinions regarding your medical condition are no doubt valid, this will not provide you with as much support for your case with the Social Security Administration as the documentation from a specialist will.

Oftentimes, the SSA will not approve you for SSDI benefits based on the findings of your  family doctor or a general physician.  So it is important to realize that having the findings and documentation of a specialist regarding your liver disease or disorder becomes even more important in order to support your case for SSDI benefits.  The documentation of diagnoses, opinions, and test results of a liver disease specialist carries significantly more weight than that of a family or regular physician.

Since the burden of proof is on you to provide evidence in order to substantiate your case, and because of the tremendous backlog of pending SSDI cases, you can easily understand why the SSA tends to be strict when rendering an approval for benefits.  The SSA looks for certain things when reviewing your application for SSDI benefits.  You need to show them that you have been scheduling regular doctor visits as well as regularly scheduled trips to your specialist.

Additionally, they will be looking to see if you have maintained a regular regimen of taking your prescribed medicines.  The key word is “regular” where this aspect of the application process is concerned.  In other words, if your medical documentation does not show that you have maintained a continual history of scheduling doctors visits and taking any prescribed medicines, you will most likely be denied SSDI benefits.  The bottom line is that you need to consider enlisting the expertise of a qualified Social Security Disability attorney in order to help you with your case.