you are over thinking this and making it more complicated than it needs to be.

It doesnt matter if you are in california , new york or nebraska. the New York Guide was useful to everyone getting a cdr.

The only section you should leave blank is the remarks or comments section. There is no upside to making remarks or comments for a short form cdr.

Everything else you have to answer.

For whether you discussed with your doctor going back to work, just answer you did not discuss going back to work with your doctor. thats fine.

for the last 3 visits it is recommended to just put the condition or illness or illnesses that got you approved for ssdi or ssi. nothing else.

as far as hospitalizations, just put them down. there is no downside to that.

this is the best that i can explain it