DISABILITY AND HYDROCEPHALUS - BENEFITS AND FILING

Hydrocephalus is a disorder caused by the blockage of cerebral spinal fluid, or by excess production of spinal fluid (which occurs once in every five hundred births in the United States). The accumulation of fluid in the cranium usually results in brain compression; consequently, hydrocephalus is often associated with brain damage, learning disabilities, and lower than normal IQs. Additionally, the head is usually large and may require special support to prevent damage to the spinal cord. Approximately fifty percent of those individuals with hydrocephalus attend regular schools and score above 80 on standard IQ testing. The only known treatment for hydrocephalus involves implanting a shunt to drain the excess fluid. Unfortunately, shunts often fail or become blocked and need replacement. 

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

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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