What to do if a doctor refuses to certify me as disabled but ‘mI really not well?
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What to do if a doctor refuses to certify me as disabled but ‘mI really not well?
Approximately 4 years ago, I was in a meth lab explosion; I got 3rd degree burns and was in a coma for 2 weeks. Since then I have been diagnosed with PTSD, bi-polar disoder, anxiety, depression and degenerative disk deaease. I still don’t feel as good as when I left the hospital. I have applyed for disability and my doctor was filling out my paperwork to excuse me from work. However, just recently my doctor quit or resigned so I went to see a new doctor at same practice. She said I can work and that the other doctor had been fraudulantly signing my papers for the last 4 years. What can I do about this? My medical condition has not improved.
Asked on February 18, 2013 under Malpractice Law, Michigan
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
You can't force a doctor to attest to, offer, or support a diagnosis or a medical conclusion with which he or she disagrees, so you can't do anything about his doctor (e.g. you can't sue her to force her to agree that you are disabled or cannot work). You obviously can seek another doctor, one more sympathic to your condition or who comes to a different medical conclusion.
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