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How Social Security Evaluates Heart Transplant Recipients for Disability

While heart transplant recipients qualify for disability, how long they receive it depends on their complications.

Getting Social Security Disability for Severe Coccyx Pain (Coccydynia)

Coccydynia, pain in the tailbone, can make it difficult to sit and function at work.

What Is Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV)?

FEV is one measurement of lung function that the SSA uses.

Can My Child Get SSI for Kidney Disease?

Your child’s kidney disease can be severe enough that it meets the requirements set forth in Social Security's Listing of Impairments.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and Social Security Disability

Social Security disability benefits can be available for this sometimes chronic condition when it doesn't go away within 12 months.

Getting a Workplace Accommodation for Back Pain and Neck Pain

Learn about common workplace accommodations for back or neck pain.

Starting or Continuing a Disability Claim After Someone's Death

The process of applying for disability benefits, from initial disability application to an acceptance or denial of the disability claim, can take months and sometimes even years.

Are There Disability Benefits for Tuberculosis?

If tuberculosis has lead to lung damage and limited airflow, you may be able to get disability benefits.

Social Security Disability Benefits and Memory Loss

Social Security will consider memory loss as a limitation in the type of work you can do.

Can My Child Get SSI for Juvenile Idiopathic or Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Children who are severely affected by juvenile arthritis may be able to collect SSI.

Bethany K. Laurence

Attorney · UC Law San Francisco

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