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Does Parkinson's Disease Qualify for Disability Benefits?
If your PD is severe enough to significantly limit your ability to perform work-related activities, you can get disability.
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Social Security Disability for Huntington's Disease: Benefits and Filing Information
Social Security Disability benefits are available to claimants with Huntington's disease who meet certain qualifying criteria.
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Getting Disability Benefits for Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease
When memory problems, disorientation, or mood disturbances due to Alzheimer's lead to problems with social or personal functioning, disability may be available.
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Getting Disability for Vascular Dementia or Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB)
Social Security disability applicants with more than one type of dementia, or dementia with Lewy bodies, are entitled to a fast-tracked disability decision.
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Disability Benefits for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Once you are diagnosed with ALS, you automatically qualify for disability benefits.
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Is It Possible to Get Social Security Disability Benefits for Muscular Atrophy?
Whether you'll get disability benefits for muscular atrophy depends on the degree of muscle wasting you have and the limitations it causes.
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Getting Disability for Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), or Shy Drager Syndrome
If you've been diagnosed with MSA and it is progressing, you have a good chance of getting disability benefits.
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Getting Disability for Stiff Person Syndrome
Stiff person syndrome qualifies for an expedited disability decision through Social Security's Compassionate Allowances program.
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Getting Disability for Spinal Cord Injury or Paralysis
Many, but not all, individuals with spinal cord injuries are automatically eligible for Social Security disability benefits.
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Getting Social Security Disability for Syringomyelia
Patients suffering limitations in functioning due to advanced syringomyelia may be able to get disability benefits.
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Getting Disability for Transverse Myelitis
Those with long-lasting limitations from transverse myelitis may be able to qualify for Social Security disability benefits.
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Applying for Disability Benefits With Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
If your multiple sclerosis is advanced, you have a good chance of getting approved for Social Security disability benefits.
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Disability for Chronic Migraines: Benefits and Filing Information
Getting Social Security Disability benefits based on chronic migraines is difficult but not impossible.
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Getting Social Security Disability for Peripheral Neuropathy
If you have difficulty walking or using your hands due to tremors, partial paralysis, or involuntary movement, you should be able to get disability benefits.
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Disability for Charcot-Marie-Tooth: Social Security Benefits
If Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome prevents you from working, you may be eligible for disability benefits from Social Security.