| The most important thing about applying for social | | | | specific details about any medications you have |
| security disability in Minnesota is being able to | | | | taken in regards to the disability. You will need to |
| prove that you are, in fact, disabled. When your | | | | provide the specific name, the condition it is for, |
| initial application is submitted, a state disability | | | | the doctor who prescribed it, and any side |
| examiner is going to go through your application | | | | effects that it may cause for you. |
| and any paperwork included with a fine tooth | | | | Hospitals |
| comb looking for any reason to deny you financial | | | | If you have received treatment anywhere other |
| assistance. | | | | than a doctor's office you will be asked to provide |
| Unfortunately, the number of fraudulent disability | | | | details of that as well. Expect to be asked to |
| claims submitted each year makes it that much | | | | provide the name of the hospital, the reason for |
| more difficult for those with legitimate disabilities | | | | the stay, the dates you were in their care, the |
| to receive the assistance they so desperately | | | | conditions that sent you as well as the |
| need. In order to make sure your disability | | | | treatments they provided. Hospitals can provide |
| examiner has everything they need to make the | | | | you with this documentation or you can simply |
| right decision, here is a breakdown of exactly | | | | provide the phone number so the disability |
| what will be required with your application. If you | | | | examiner can obtain this information for you. If |
| choose to have one of the Minnesota disability | | | | you have been lucky enough to avoid a hospital |
| lawyers help you with your case, these materials | | | | stay due to your disability, this information will not |
| are important to get to them as well for a | | | | be a requirement. |
| correct and quick decision to be reached. | | | | Medical Tests |
| Doctor's Note | | | | The last thing you will need to provide in the initial |
| Because your word is not going to be enough to | | | | application is the details of any medical tests that |
| land you disability assistance, you will absolutely | | | | have been performed on you. This will include the |
| need documentation from your doctor as well. | | | | type of test, such as EMG, X-Ray, or MRI. You |
| This information must include the name of every | | | | will also need to provide where the test was |
| doctor you have seen about the disability. You will | | | | conducted, the doctor who ordered it, and the |
| also need the address and phone number of | | | | date the test took place. The final piece will be |
| every doctor's office you have visited. Beyond | | | | the actual results of the test. |
| the basic contact information you will also need | | | | Having all of this information readily available for |
| the dates of your visits, the treatments provided, | | | | your Social Security disability lawyers will go a long |
| and details of your next scheduled appointment. | | | | way in making sure the right decision is made as |
| Medications | | | | quickly as possible so you can begin taking |
| The initial application you submit will also require | | | | advantage of you disability benefits. |