The Consultative Examination
Posted April 30, 2015 by Premier Disability Services, LLC® The Social Security Administration (SSA) may schedule a claimant for what is called a consultative examination (CE) during their claim. This examination is performed by an independent physician who is contracted by SSA to perform an evaluation of a claimant’s physical or mental impairments. Often, these examinations are scheduled when a claimant’s medical file is out of date, the file lacks imaging or other objective findings, and/or the file lacks evidence of a specific impairment, such as a psychological condition.(more…)