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Corticobasal degeneration that severely affects your movement or mental capacities should qualify you for disability benefits.

Your age can play a significant role in determining whether your claim for Social Security disability benefits is approved.

Skills that you learn from a job that can be used across many fields of work are considered transferable skills.

The pain and weight loss associated with chronic pancreatitis can make it difficult to work full time.

If your anemia or related conditions are severe enough to keep you from working, you may be able to get disability benefits.

Here's how the Social Security Administration decides that you can't work and should receive disability benefits.

At your Social Security hearing, be prepared to testify as to the exact requirements and duties of your prior work.

If you've had a spinal fusion or back surgery but still have significant limitations, you might qualify for Social Security disability.

If symptoms from your acoustic neuroma significantly interfere with your ability to work, you may qualify for SSDI or SSI.

Giving the disability judge a summary of the points you want to make can help your disability appeal.

Diana Chaikin