I am currently seeing a pschiatrist and a counsler. I have been seeing them for almost a year and I applied for SSD and have been denied. I am going to a appealing hearing about i've requested copies of my medical records to probe my case. I have had no problems anywhere else with getting my records except my...
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1. Brass Monkey
The medical record are your property and the are required by law to give you a *copy* but not the original. You may also have to pay a fee for the copies, but according to NY state law ( http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/opm... it can be no more than 75 cents per page. I had a similar problem with my health care provider not giving me or my other doctors copies of my records, so I did a lot of research on the subject. What you are paying for when you go to a doctor is partly those papers that are your medical record, and you do have every right to them. I would go to the office and ask them for a copy of the records while you are still there. If they refuse, tell them that they are legally obligated to give them to you, and that you will report them to the AMA (www.ama-assn.org) if they do not comply.

Oh, and on another note, SSD almost always denies the first claim, but usually lets you through on the appeal.

Good Luck!

-edit- Flo, what does a custody case have to do with getting medical records and applying for SSD?
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If your going through a divorce, with kids. (A custody battle), the opposing lawyer will get all your files, and use them against you, no matter what age ,no matter what. They will use the mental illness against you, so if you ever have kids, the councillers, doctors, and pschiatrist will be called to court , with all the paperwork. Then you will have to prove your a fit parent now, they will make you go back to all of these doctors, and get a re-assesment on your progress now ,,, you may lose your kids, if you have ever talked to these doctors, or taken any anti-depressing pills. Any lawyer can get you what you want for tons of money. Or the acting pschiatrist can let you go to the office and you may read all that you want there, you may not copy the info, just sit there and read it. If you want it copied, then your have to sign your name and give it to the doctors boss, The head of !!!!!! Only your pschiatrist can tell you how. Get a hold of that doctor, and demand your files, your right. You will never get the originals. ever... They will keep this till your dead, any word that comes out of your mouth. Also all councillers that you talk to , all of there records will be called to court in a divorce/custody fight.
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