DISABILITY LAWYER - GREENVILLE NC NORTH CAROLINA

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What kinds of medical problems can you get awarded disability benefits for in north carolina (in greenville or elsewhere)? Actually, you can be awarded disability for potentially any medical problem provided that it is severe enough to prevent you from returning to your past work, or doing any other form of work. Also, your condition must last for at least 12 full months. This is basically the definition of disability that is used by the social security administration to evaluate social security disability and SSI claims.

Can you win disability for only certain impairments, or on the basis of any impairment?

Answer: The Social Security Administration's disability evaluation system does not focus on a claimant's diagnosis, but, rather, on the functional limitations a claimant has. In other words, the name of the condition is not the chief consideration. How the condition "affects and limits: the indiviual is the primary concern. So, yes, disability benefits can be won on the basis of nearly any condition provided that the condition is sufficiently limiting.

As these hypothetical examples show, disabling conditions can take a wide variety of forms.

"I have MS and my equilibrium makes it impossible to stand for longer than 10 minutes, and my hearing has diminished greatly.

"Diagnosed with chronic fatigue and fiberomyalgia partial lung removale to due valley fever and degenerative disc disease"

"I have severe Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Hyperviglance."

"I have been diagnosed with Osteoarthritis in both ankles. I am not able to be on my feet for long periods of time because it causes tremendous pain and swelling in my ankles. As a results I had to quit my current job due to the pain and swelling"