Browse these topics related specific conditions as evaluated for Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income Claims:
ALLERGIES: Social Security Disability for Allergies?
Can you qualify for disability because you have allergies?
Maybe. If your allergies cause severe breathing or skin problems and you need to work in a severely restrictive environment, you may be able to get disability benefits. Talk to your Social Security...
ARTHRITIS: SSA Listing of Impairments 14.09.
The Social Security Administration has a “Listing of Impairments” that outline the medical criteria you must prove if you want to qualify for disability under these impairments.
Rheumatoid Arthritis (and other inflammatory types of arthritis) are inc...
DEPRESSION: 5 Steps used by SSA to determine disability.
FIVE Steps to Your Social Security Disability Determination for Depression
The five basic steps for determining disability are the same for most claims. Step three may vary depending on your actual diagnoses or conditions.
1. STEP ONE: Are you...
DEPRESSION: Depression or Anxiety
Depression and anxiety can be debilitating.
Whether depression or anxiety is one of your primary condition s or a by-product of other chronic pain and suffering, these conditions can and do severely impact the lives of so many people.
Does ...
DIABETES: Diabetes Support Group - White County, AR
Do you feel alone in dealing with diabetes? White County Medical Center offers a Diabetes Support Group. The next meeting is December 05, 2016 at 5:00 pm. Please see the link below for contact information.
http://www.wcmc.org/diabetic-support-group-4...
DIABETES: Diabetic Neuropathy and Social Security Disability
How does diabetic neuropathy impact your Social Security Disability claim?
Diabetes and other endocrine disorders are not considered “disabling conditions” by the Social Security Administration; however, the effects that diabetes has on your body and...
DIABETES: Diabetic Retinopathy and Social Security Disability.
How does Diabetic Retinopathy impact your Social Security Disability claim?
Diabetes and other endocrine disorders are not considered “disabling conditions” by the Social Security Administration; however, the effects that diabetes has on your body ...
FIBROMYALGIA: SSA's Evaluation of Fibro
Disability Insurance
Effective Date: July 25, 2012
Publication Date: July 25, 2012
Federal Register Vol. 77, No. 143, page 43640
POLICY INTERPRETATION RULING
SSR 12-2p: Titles II and XVI: Evaluation of Fibromyalgia
Purpose:...
MIGRAINES: Disability for Chronic Migraines
Are migraines causing you to miss work?
If you experience regular, severe migraine headaches, it can be difficult to function on a daily basis.
Some migraine sufferers find themselves quarantined to a dark and quiet room for hours (or days) until...
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: MS and Social Security Disability
Multiple Sclerosis:
Many Social Security Disability claimants struggle with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
SSD Criteria
What is the Social Security Administration (SSA) looking for when deciding whether your MS qualifies you for benefits? SSA ...
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: MS Cognitive Impairment and Social Security Disability
Multiple Sclerosis is well known for the physical debilitation that it causes its victims. However, many patients experience even more than physical debilitation. They also suffer from cognitive impairment.
Cognitive impairment occurs in up to 65 ...
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: SSA’s Listing of Impairments: 11:09 MS
How does the Social Security Administration (SSA) evaluate Multiple Sclerosis (MS) under a claim for disability?
To be found disabled under SSA’s MS listing (11:09), you must meet the following requirements:
SSA’s Listing of Impairments for MS: 11:...
Sadness? Fatigue? Or something more? Disability and Depression
Could it be depression?
Everyone, disabled or not, struggles with negative thoughts or feelings that come and go. But, when someone is depressed, the emptiness and sadness may seem unrelenting.
According to the American Psychiatric Association,*...
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Originally published: December 06, 2016
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