Medical Signs and Laboratory Findings

The Social Security Administration puts great reliance on so-called “objective” evidence of conditions that justify the functional limitations needed to prove a disability case. In the area of musculoskeletal impairments, this includes findings on x-ray imaging, computerized axial tomography (CAT scan) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI scans), with or without contrast material. The evidence of this type of testing is extremely powerful in proving the presence of a condition or conditions that support the kind of practical, functional limitations needed to prove a disability case.