Diana Chaikin

Attorney · Seattle University School of Law

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Can You Get Disability for Migraines or Cluster Headaches?
Getting Social Security Disability benefits based on chronic migraines is difficult but not impossible.
Getting Disability Benefits for Injuries From a Gunshot Wound
If you have a gunshot wound that resulted in severe physical or psychological damage, you may have a successful Social Security disability claim.
Getting Disability Benefits Because of Clubfoot
If limitations from your club foot keep you from working, you might qualify for Social Security disability.
Residual Functional Capacity (RFC) Forms for Doctors
An RFC form completed by your doctor can greatly improve your chances of winning Social Security disability benefits. Download a free RFC form here.
How to Answer Questions at a Social Security Disability Hearing
Here are some tips to help you prepare for questions the judge may ask at your disability hearing.
When Can You Get Disability Benefits for Coronary Heart Disease?
If your coronary artery disease has limited your ability to exert yourself so much that you can't work any job, you have a chance of getting Social Security disability.
How Are Fibromyositis and Fibrositis Different From Fibromyalgia?
Does Social Security consider fibrositis the same as fibromyalgia? Can I get disability benefits for it?
Getting Social Security Disability for Peripheral or Diabetic Neuropathy
Social Security recognizes peripheral neuropathy and diabetic neuropathy as disabling when they severely affect your movement.
Getting Disability Benefits for Undifferentiated or Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Learn how you can qualify for disability benefits with mixed connective tissue disorder or undifferentiated connective tissue disorder.
Disability Benefits for Myositis, Dermatomyositis or Polymyositis
Individuals with myositis that persists despite treatment may be eligible for Social Security disability.