Requesting Your Medical Records from from Your Closed Unsuccessful Disability Claims
If someone contacts me and they have lost one, two, three or even four times before, I instruct them to get the medical records from their old cases. This is how to do it. (1) Obtain Social Security Form SSA-3288 Consent for Release of Information It is easily found by just doing an internet search. (2) Fill in Your Full Name, Date of Birth and Social Security Number in the first fields provided at the top of the page. (3) Next under where it says Name of Person or Organizati
Represenative Payees and Power of Attorney for Social Security Disability Recipients
Sometimes when an individual first obtains disability, Social Security will make a determination that the recipient will need what is known a representaive payee, usually referred to as "payee" for short. This decision is ultimately made at the field office/public office level. Sometimes if there was a judge involved in the case they may make a reccomendation to the field office. The purpose of the program is to make sure no matter what, the recipient is at a minimum getting
