Cardiovascular & Blood Problems

What Heart Conditions Qualify for Disability?

Social Security will approve disability benefits for various types of advanced heart disease.

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.

Congestive Heart Failure: Can You Get Social Security Disability Benefits (SSDI or SSI)?

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

Mitral Valve Prolapse: Can I Get Disability Benefits?

Whether you can get Social Security or SSI disability depends on the severity of your mitral valve prolapse.

Congenital Heart Disease: When Are Disability Benefits Available?

You can get disability benefits if you have congenital heart disease that causes cyanosis or severe functional limitations on your ability to work.

Can You Get Disability Benefits for Arrhythmia or Fibrillation?

A diagnosis of arrhythmia alone won't qualify you for Social Security disability benefits unless it causes fainting or other limtiations.

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 Valvular Heart Disease

When valvular heart disease causes aortic aneurysm or severely limits your activities, you may qualify for disability benefits.

Can I Get Disability Benefits for Having a Pacemaker or Implanted Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD)?

If you have a pacemaker or implanted cardiac defibrillator (ICD), you’ll still need to prove you can't work to get Social Security disability benefits.

Can You Get Disability for Bradycardia or Tachycardia?

If your heart is beating slower or faster than normal, it might cause symptoms that interfere with your ability to work.

Can You Get Disability for Low or Poor Ejection Fraction?

If you have a very poor ejection fraction (less than 30%), you might qualify for Social Security disability benefits.

Is My Angina Enough to Get Disability Benefits?

While angina is required to qualify for disability for coronary artery disease, having angina alone doesn't mean an award of disability benefits.

I Just Had a Coronary Bypass; Can I Get Disability Benefits?

I just had a coronary bypass, a few months after losing my job. Can I get disability benefits?

Can I Quit Work and Get Disability After a Heart Attack?

Having a heart attack doesn't mean that you'll automatically qualify for Social Security disability benefits.

When Can I Get Social Security Disability for Marfan Syndrome?

If Marfan Syndrome has caused an aneurysm or serious heart murmur, you may be able to get disability benefits.

Can I Get Disability Benefits If I Have a Heart Murmur?

Can I get disability benefits if I have a non-innocent heart murmur?

Can You Get Disability Benefits for Cardiomyopathy?

Several types of cardiomyopathy can be eligible for Social Security disability benefits.

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability

Written by a former chief medical consultant for the SSA, this book goes into great detail on the specific severity requirements for every cardiovascular impairment listed in the SSA's blue book.