Social Security Disability for Type I and Type II Diabetes Meningitis
The Social Security Administration no longer considers type I meningitis as a disability in its Blue Book. However, you can qualify for benefits with diabetes if you develop other underlying symptoms or diseases either listed in the Blue Book or that seriously impair your ability to perform substantial gainful activity (SGA). Although controlled diabetes is […]
Social Security Disability Benefits for Crohn’s Disease
Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes digestive tract inflammation, which can result in stomach pain, severe diarrhoea, exhaustion, weight loss, and malnutrition. Crohn’s disease causes inflammation in different parts of the digestive tract in different persons. This inflammation frequently spreads into the bowel’s deeper layers. Crohn’s disease is a […]
Social Security Disability for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
If you suffer from IBS alone, you might not win disability benefits right away. However, if your IBS obstructs your day to day activities by as low as 20% through frequent bathroom visits, you might easily qualify for the social security disability benefits. Irritable bowel syndrome affects millions of American men and women, each year. […]
Disability Benefits Denied Due to Noncompliance with Treatment
Social Security may refuse disability payments if you do not take recommended drugs or other therapy. If you apply for disability benefits but do not adhere to your doctor’s treatment plan, Social Security may deny your claim for “treatment noncompliance.” This is because Social Security may find that if you took the medicine, had the […]
What Effect Does Working During Early Retirement Have on Benefits?
Does Working Affect Disability Eligibility? An applicant must earn less than $1,350 per month in 2022 (up from $1,310 in 2021) to qualify for disability benefits under the Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programmes. (Blind applicants can earn up to $2,260 per month in 2022.) Anyone working in excess of […]
Medical Requirements to Qualify for SSDI for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
You may qualify for social security disability benefits if you have inflammatory bowel disease symptoms affecting the colon, intestines or the stomach. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis affects over 30,000 patients in the US alone, with a 2:1, male to female ratio. Interestingly, over 75% of these American Patients with PSC also have Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s […]
Disability Benefits for age 65 and over through Medical Vocational Allowance
For those over 65 who are unable to work due to having developed age-related impairments, the SSA has set up special rules known as ‘tables’ and ‘grids’ to determine the ‘severity’ of the disability that prevents them from working. There are two main distinctions, for people over the age of 65. First, there would be […]
Special Rules for Meeting a Disability Listing | Over 65 |
If you are an individual over the age of 65, you can qualify for disability in either of the two ways: I.Meeting or equaling a listing If you have an impairment or disability listed in Social Security’s Blue Book of Impairments, then you will automatically qualify for the disability benefits. Listings can be equaled if […]
How to Win Disability Benefits for Urticaria
Chronic forms of urticaria are common, often adversely impacting on quality of life. No formal studies have assessed the extent and nature of disability in different types of urticaria. Although the term “autoimmune” urticaria is increasingly being used for patients with evidence of functional serum autoantibodies, it is still unclear whether it is a purely […]
How Does the SSA view Liver Cirrhosis?
If you are unable to work due to irreparable damage caused by alcoholic cirrhosis (also known as alcoholic liver disease), you may be eligible for disability benefits. Alcoholic Cirrhosis | What is Alcoholic Liver Disease? Alcoholic cirrhosis is a liver condition induced by continuous alcohol intake. The liver becomes inflamed as a result of alcohol […]