Problems Affecting the Bones

Social Security Disability (SSDI & SSI) for Avascular Necrosis

If you can show that avascular necrosis prevents you from working, Social Security may find you disabled and pay cash benefits. Although avascular necrosis is itself not a listed disability, if you have suffered major damage to your joints as a result of the disease, you may be eligible for automatic approval under the joint listing.

Disability Benefits Based on Bone Spurs

Bone spurs, a bony growth caused by pressure, rubbing, or stress to a bone, are common in the spine, shoulders, hands, hips, knees, and feet. Many people who have bone spurs are unaware of them unless they are discovered accidentally when being x-rayed for something else.

Applying for Disability After an Amputation

You might think that an amputation would guarantee you disability benefits, but it's not so. Only certain types of amputations qualify for disability benefits.

Getting Disability Benefits Because of Clubfoot

If limitations from your club foot keep you from working, you might qualify for Social Security disability.

Can You Get Social Security Disability for a Bone Fracture?

Broken bones (known as fractures) can occur in any bone in the body. The place of the broken bone in the body and the severity of the break affect how you may be impaired by the broken bone.

Getting Social Security Disability for Severe Coccyx Pain (Coccydynia)

Coccydynia, pain in the tailbone, can make it difficult to sit and function at work. Coccydynia is generally caused by some type of trauma, such as a fall, to the coccyx, a bony structure that is found at the very bottom of the spine, commonly referred to as the tailbone.

What Types of Dwarfism Qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits?

You can qualify for disability benefits if your short stature causes you medical complications, but simply being under a certain height isn’t enough to qualify for disability benefits as an adult.

Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions

Nolo's book covers survivors benefits, disability benefits, and spousal retirement benefits, and how the three are intertwined.

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability includes information about Social Security benefits for the dependents and survivors of persons with disabilities.