Note: This article/video is for general information only and is not legal advice to any particular reader or individual. For legal advice, you must specifically retain a lawyer who evaluates your specific situation. I routinely hear my clients say, "I will ask my doctor for a letter." To which I respond, "Don't you dare!" When the right time comes for doing so, and if he is the appropriate specialist to answer the precise questions remaining open in your claim with the SSA,