Can you win social security disability or SSI disability benefits on the basis of Asthma?
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 individual 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.
Asthma is a respiratory or breathing disorder. Asthma can also be defined as a chronic or recurring inflammatory condition that is the result of increased responsiveness to environmental allergens. These allergens or stimuli are known as triggers, which cause asthma attacks. Severe asthma attacks may lead to respiratory arrest or death. Approximately 6000 deaths a year occur in the United States as a result of asthma. Treatment options for asthma usually includes the use of bronchodilators and inhalers. Some individuals with asthma have used desensitization treatments in an effort to eliminate sensitivity to allergens in their environment while others control their asthma by identifying triggers and eliminating the source of these triggers from their environment.
