Many who apply for disability do not have insurance to receive treatment or the extra money to pay for treatment out of their pocket. There are low cost and no cost clinics that can provide treatment. Since the medical records are your evidence, without this evidence you lose. A judge will ask if you were so sick, why did you not visit the emergency room? Some claimants will stop treating with their doctor because they feel there is nothing more that can be done. Your medical documentation is the evidence you must supply the judge to prove your disability claim. Without ongoing treatment the judge will find that you must not be that sick or otherwise you would have been seeing your doctor.
While it is understood that you do not feel well at this point and time in your life, ignoring mail from the social security administration could result in closure of your claim. Social security has very strict deadlines. If a letter is ignored or left unopened, you may miss your deadline and lose your claim. Your attorney is supposed to receive a copy of the correspondence you receive from SSA, but this doesn’t always happen. Be sure to open and read every letter. Check with your attorney and make sure they received a copy of the same letter you received.
Pay close attention to any mail you receive from SSA.
Sometimes claimants will medicate themselves with a street drug or illegally obtained prescriptions because they are unable to afford a doctor. This type of behavior hurts your claim tremendously. This is illegal behavior and is likely to ensure a denial in your case.
There are free clinics that are available to assist with the medications you need. Charity hospitals provide treatment and prescriptions to those who can’t otherwise afford it.