Originally Posted by Janke

Online filing gives you enough time to fully answer the questions that are asked. Once your case is assigned to a disability analyst at DDS, you could contact them for a method of submitting your medical records to the electronic record by use of a bar code document.

Whatever you submit, the important thing is to get it added to your electronic file. If you handwrite a disability report, some claims rep who does not make a decision on your case has to spend time as a transcriptionist. Once the handwritten document is transcribed, the handwritten document is thrown away.

You don't say what information you want to submit on the additional documents. DDS employees are looking for the answers to the questions asked. Detailed answers to the questions asked are generally the best route to go.

Long drawn out narratives are often full of details that do not matter and may actually harm your case as the DDS analyst eyes glaze over while trying to figure out from your story how long you can sit, stand or walk in an 8 hour workday, how well you can follow instructions, how long you can stay focused to do work related tasks. Look up your illness or condition at the Blue Book at www.socialsecurity.gov and focus your efforts on making sure the application contains information that helps to prove you either meet a listing, or can't do either your old job or an easier job. Be thorough but not wordy. Fine line, I know.