An Indiana Social Security disability attorney can help you understand how step three of the sequential process used by The Social Security Administration (SSA) applies to your case.
Meeting the Listing at Step Three
For your impairment to meet the Listing at step three, your impairment must meet or “medically equal” one of over 100 impairments found in the Social Security disability regulations.
An Indiana Social Security Disability Lawyer Can Help Even When You Don’t Meet the Listing
An Indiana Social Security disability lawyer can help you argue that your conditions are medically equal to an impairment in the Listing. Your Indiana Social Security disability lawyer can work to do this in one of four instances when:
(1)You lack one of the essential findings in the Listing, but you have other findings;
(2)You have all the essential findings, but one or all are not “severe” under SSA rules, but you have other findings;
(3)Your disability is not described in the Listing (for example, fibromyalgia), but it is as severe as and comparable to an impairment in the Listing;
(4)Your multiple non-Listing impairments, when added together, equal a listing.
Before deciding whether or not your impairment “meets” the listing, the Judge must receive the opinion of an SSA medical expert.
Get Help From an Indiana Social Security Disability Attorney
You do not have to face the prospect of a Social Security disability hearing alone. Having a good Indiana Social Security disability attorney can help you to increase your chances of being found disabled. If you are looking for an Indiana Social Security disability lawyer, call Martin Barnes at 317-804-5058. Mr. Barnes is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association (Estate Planning and Administration Section) and the Indiana State Bar Association.