DISABILITY AND DYSTONIA - BENEFITS AND FILING

One of the three most common movement disorders, dystonia is a neurological disorder which involves the tone and movement of muscles. Dystonia can cause repetitious movements, abnormal posture, and jerking due to involuntary muscular contractions. The effects of dystonia may be generalized in the body or directed at a specific group of muscles. In fact, dystonia can affect nearly any part of the body. In North America alone, it is estimated that more than a third of a million individuals are affected by dystonia. There is no known cause of dystonia, although environmental and genetic factors appear to be involved with primary dystonia.

Can you win social security disability or SSI disability benefits on the basis of dystonia?

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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