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Macular degeneration is a disease characterized by a malfunction of cells that are responsible for sensing light within the eye. Macular degeneration if the most common cause of central vision loss in individuals older than fifty years old. Many variables may influence an individual’s risk of having macular degeneration such as age, smoking, hypertension, sunlight exposure, race, cholesterol, obesity, and family history. In fact, individuals who have a family member with macular degeneration have a 50% chance of being affected by the disease versus 12% in the general population. Race seems to be a factor as well, because whites have macular degeneration more often than blacks. Treatment options usually include medication or laser treatments. Some of the medications have not only halted progression of macular degeneration but have help reverse some of the effects of the disease. Can you win social security disability or SSI disability benefits on the basis of macular degeneration ? 
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