SSI international medical records

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What is the name of your state?
California

Hi, my hospitalization happened when I was overseas in a third world non English speaking country. In the hospitalization section on the SSI application can I just give the overseas medical records to my primary physician here in the US for verification and have SS contact him or do I still need to list the separate phone numbers for each Hospital even though they don't speak English and hardly ever answer the phone anyway?

Thanks in advance.

 

[adjusterjack]

You should do exactly as the form says. Don't assume that the questions don't really mean what they say.

There is probably a remarks section where you can explain the overseas problem and let SSA know that your US physician also has a copy of the records. Then it's up to SSA to decide.

 

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That makes sense thank you for your input.