DISABILITY AND CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH - BENEFITS AND FILING

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is one of the most common hereditary neurological diseases. Approximately thirty-six out of every one hundred thousand individuals diagnosed with an inherited neurological disorder have Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. This neurological disease usually causes the loss of muscle and sensation in the feet and legs, although charcot-marie-tooth has been known to affect the hands and arms as well. The symptoms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease generally appear in older children and young adults. The first symptom is usually foot drop caused by the degeneration of the peroneal muscles in the lower leg. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease is a progressive and incurable neurological disease, which causes clubfoot, ataxia, muscle wasting in the lower leg area, arm and hand weakness, and scoliosis.

Can you win social security disability or SSI disability benefits on the basis of charcot-marie-tooth disease?

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.

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