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Disability Benefits for Neurological Problems
Neurological problems are not limited to the brain. Neurological disorders can occur anywhere in the central nervous sytem, including the spinal cord. Social Security approves disability benefits for serious cases of epilepsy, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and ALS.
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Whether you'll get disability benefits for epilepsy depends on the types of seizures you have, their frequency, and how they disrupt your daily activities.
If you have advanced Parkinson's Disease that disrupts your walking, standing or using your hands effectively, you should be eligible for disability benefits.
Disability benefits are available to those who cerebral palsy causes problems with walking, talking, speaking, thinking, seeing, hearing, or behavior.
Those with multiple sclerosis who have a visual or mental impairment or significant fatigue and muscle weakness following activity should get disability benefits.
Once you are diagnosed with ALS, you automatically qualify for disability benefits.
If you have difficulty walking or using your hands due to tremors, partial paralysis, or involuntary movement, you should be able to get disability benefits.
If you have serious problems communicating, walking, or using your hands due to a stroke, you are probably eligible for disability benefits.
Disability benefits are available for those with severe limitations caused by polio.
If Huntington's has caused you significant problems walking or using your hands, or marked changes in your cognitive abilities, you should be able to get disability benefits.
The effects of autonomic dysfunction disorders vary wildly, but you can get benefits for disabling symptoms that prevent you from working.
You can get benefits when myasthenia gravis affects your muscles so much that you can no longer work.
Resources
Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability
Nolo's book on how to get disability benefits explains in detail what limitations your RFC should include, depending on your particular type of medical condition. The book as written by a former chief medical consultant for the SSA.
Nolo's book on how to get disability benefits explains in detail what limitations your RFC should include, depending on your particular type of medical condition. The book as written by a former chief medical consultant for the SSA.
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