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Social Security Disability and Asperger's Syndrome: Filing for Benefits
Applicants whose Asperger's syndrome is severely limiting can get disability benefits.
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Social Security Disability for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
While Social Security doesn't often approve carpal tunnel cases initially, applicants have been successful in winning disability benefits on appeal.
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Can You Get Disability Benefits for Celiac Disease?
It's difficult to get ongoing Social Security or SSI disability benefits for celiac disease since avoiding gluten usually removes impairments.
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Social Security Disability & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS, CFIDS)
Social Security uses the CDC's definition of chronic fatigue syndrome to evaluate CFS/CFIDS for disability.
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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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Disability And Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Benefits And Filing
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic severe pain condition that results from an injury to bone and soft tissue. Social Security evaluates CRPS the same way as RSD.
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Getting Disability Benefits for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome and Ulnar Nerve Entrapment
If you are limited in the use of your hands, arms, or fingers due to ulnar nerve problems, you may be able to get Social Security disability benefits.
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Disability and Down Syndrome: Filing for Social Security Benefits
If a person has a diagnosis of non-mosaic Down syndrome, he or she automatically qualifies as disabled under the Social Security Administration's (SSA's) official disability listing for Down syndrome.
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Getting Disability Benefits for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of genetic disorders that affect the connective tissues in your body, which serve to provide strength and elasticity to your body structure. Ehlers-Danlos can affect your skin, joints, and blood vessel walls; the syndrome is characterized by extremely flexible joints and very stretchy, fragile skin.
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Disability And Epstein-Barr Virus - Benefits And Filing
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes family, is one of the most common viruses in the world. In the United States alone, 95% of adults from 35 to 40 years old have been exposed to the virus. But while most people recover fully in one or two months, the dormant virus remains in the body for life.
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Can a Child Get SSI Disability for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)?
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is not a single birth defect, but rather a cluster of related problems that occur due to the mother drinking alcohol while pregnant. The effects on a child of a pregnant mother's substance abuse vary greatly from child to child.
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Does Having Guillain Barre Syndrome Qualify You for Disability?
Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an auto-immune disorder where the body attacks its own nervous system. The result of this attack on the peripheral nerves is nerve inflammation that can lead to muscle weakness.
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How Social Security Evaluates Chronic Pain in Disability Claims
Social Security will consider your reports of pain as long as there is some evidence of a physical or mental impairment.
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Multiple Disabilities: Social Security Must Consider Combined Effects
People applying for Social Security disability benefits often have more than one illness or injury that is causing their disability (making them unable to work a full-time job).
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How Failing to Seek or Comply With Your Doctor's Treatment Affects Your Disability Case
The Social Security Agency’s decision to award you benefits often depends on the credibility of your statements.