You may be eligible to receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits even if your disability is only expected to last temporarily. With this, the Social Security Administration (SSA) may conduct rather frequent check-ins to see if your disability has improved or gone away entirely, so you can soon transition back into the workforce. Well, with these check-ins, they may be unhappy to discover that you have not taken the proper steps in your medical treatment plan to address your disability. Well, with that being said, continue reading to learn what happens if you don’t follow your prescribed treatment plan while receiving SSDI benefits and how an experienced New Jersey SSDI attorney at The Law Offices of Sheryl Gandel Mazur can help you stay on the SSA’s good side.

What is the importance of medical evidence for my SSDI benefits claim?

First of all, medical evidence provided by your medical sources is pivotal for your initial SSDI benefits claim. Specifically, your primary healthcare provider may offer important information regarding the nature of your disability and its severity. They may go on to provide a comprehensive explanation of the medical treatment plan they prescribed to you given their professional evaluations.

While your primary healthcare provider may not be expected to share their opinion as to whether you are disabled, they may be expected to state your current set of physical and mental restrictions and how they may affect your work-related duties. Overall, this may help the SSA make the final judgment as to whether you should receive SSDI benefits in the first place.

What if I don’t follow my treatment plan while receiving SSDI benefits?

Now, based on the medical evidence provided by your medical source, the SSA knows the prescribed treatment plan aimed at helping you reach a full recovery. Or, at the very least, a state of recovery that allows you to rejoin the workforce. So, they may suspend or revoke your SSDI benefits if they come to find out that you have been neglecting to follow this plan. This is because they may jump to the conclusion that your disability would not have been as bad and you would have otherwise been able to work again if you did.

Of note, there may only be a limited bit of circumstances in which you may be able to appeal this decision. For example, you may claim that the prescribed treatment plan went directly against your religious beliefs. Or, you may argue that you got the opinions of multiple other doctors, all of which have advised against your primary healthcare provider’s recommended treatment.

If you still have lingering doubts about how to proceed forward, then please consult with a skilled New Jersey SSDI attorney. Our team at The Law Offices of Sheryl Gandel Mazur will point you in the right direction.