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Does it matter that a claimant cannot afford medical treatment because he or she is poor?

Yes.  The judge must consider whether a claimant has been unable to maintain or undergo adequate continuing medical care and adequate treatment due to lack of funds sufficient for said medical care.  Often, self represented claimants do not know this and it is not brought out at their hearing and their claims fail because of the fact that there is an unexplained lack of ongoing medical care