Benefits or Bankruptcy

Your final disability benefits appeal hangs by a thread as a ruthless examiner, Ms. Blackwood, scrutinizes your medical history with suspicious intensity. With only 10 minutes until your hearing and mounting medical bills at home, you must defend your claim while maintaining composure under her psychological pressure. One wrong statement could cost you everything.

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Disability Benefits Applicant with Chronic Pain Condition

Conversation Partner

Ms. Diana Blackwood

Setting

Sterile fluorescent-lit examination room with stark white walls, a metal desk between you and the examiner, and a wall clock ticking loudly behind you

Location

Social Security Administration Building - Pre-Appeal Review Room

Learning Objectives

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Maintain consistent description of symptoms and limitations across questioning

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Provide specific medical documentation references without overstatement

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Stay composed despite provocative questioning and time pressure

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“{{userName}}, I see you've submitted multiple appeals despite clear prior denials. *shuffles papers while checking clock* We have exactly 9 minutes before your hearing. Explain to me why you believe our previous assessments were... incorrect.”

This is how Ms. Diana Blackwood's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#55

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