More Articles by Diana Chaikin

Most patients with a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer will get an automatic approval of disability benefits.

Social Security has a complicated method of evaluating chronic heart failure for disability.

Learn about some of the most common errors made in disability denials (that can be corrected on appeal).

Social Security evaluates endocrine disorders based on which gland is malfunctioning and how other parts of the body are affected.

If your back problems reduce your capacity to sit, walk, and bend to the point where you can't work, you may qualify for disability.

Dyslexia alone usually won't qualify for benefits, unless it's accompanied by another disorder.

When symptoms from syringomyelia affect your ability to perform the physical and mental duties of full-time work, you may qualify for disability.

The worn-out worker rule makes it easier for those who've done many years of hard labor to get disability benefits.

An approval of service-connected disability from the VA doesn't guarantee that you'll get Social Security benefits.

Severe cases of hyperhidrosis that don't respond to treatment may be disabling.

Diana Chaikin