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No. Children's cases are often harder to win
This is probably true because many children's claims tend to involve one or more of the following impairments:
1. The number of documented attacks they experience (asthma attacks or seizures) within a specified period of time. AND 2. According to medication usage. In the case of asthma, the use of prescribed steroids (such as prelone syrup or solumedrol) can indicate a level of severity sufficent for a disability approval. In the case of seizure disorder, medication usage is an issue of compliance. That is, does a child have seizures despite taking prescribed medication? If so, and if the frequency of documented seizures meets the requirements spelled out in SSA's Impairment Listing Manual, a disability approval may be made. Regarding ADHD and learning disabilities, much depends on teacher observations and whether or not a child has recently been administered psychological testing (such as the WISC-III, or Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children, version 3) or achievement testing. However, the one similarity in the disability evaluation process that connects each of these conditions is the fact that children as they get older often progress for the better It is for this reason, very often, that by the time a child claimant has a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (which can take up to 3 years to get after the initial application has been filed), their status in school has improved, or their medical condition has improved. In summary, child disability cases are not impossible to win. They are not, however, easier to win than adult cases, and are probably somewhat harder to win, overall. Disability Advocates Help with Claims Free Case Evaluation |
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