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How To Describe Pain in a Social Security Disability Case

Even though you live with your pain every day, the Social Security technician or the disability examiner doesn’t know what you are going through, and they won’t know, unless you can tell them. You may feel like yelling,

You don’t know what I go through every day!

And you would be right. No one really knows what it is like to be in another person’s skin. But, when you are applying for Social Security benefits, you have to do your best to communicate the quality of your pain.

Here are some areas to describe:

Excerpt from Social Security Insider: (click for entire article)


- Congress is currently discussing expansion of Medicare and Medicaid, such as lowering the age to apply for Medicare to 55 instead of 65.

- "The most elaborate juggling acts today are performed by women holding down jobs while caring for aging parents, running their own households and still caring for their own children and grandchildren, according to a comprehensive report on caregiving released today."

-  Ever wonder what a Senior Adult Hip Hop Choir would sound like:



*  There actually is a long history of rappin' Seniors:





* And perhaps my personal favorite: