You can file a claim for Social Security disability benefits if you have been diagnosed with epilepsy and are unable to work and expect to be unable to work for at least 12 months. Disability benefits from Social Security might help you pay for things like housing, bills, food, and other necessities. A seizure can be termed as the happening of sign...
To be eligible for SSDI or SSI due to breast cancer, you must be unable to work and your cancer must have lasted a year or longer – or be projected to last a year or more. Breast cancer affects one out of every eight women throughout her lifetime. Two-thirds of breast cancer patients are above the age of 55. The majority of the others are bet...
A cancer diagnosis can be frightening for patients and their families, but whether a patient will qualify for Social Security disability benefits is determined by how the condition affects the person's capacity to work. To be sure, life-threatening and terminal cancer diagnoses usually result in the automatic and, in some cases, hastened award of d...
In order to qualify for SSDI benefits, you have to prove to the SSA that your HIV/AIDS immunodeficiency virus is 'severe' enough to prevent you from performing daily functional activities. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the cause of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV destroys the CD4 lymphocytes (type of white blood cell) causin...
Your liver is responsible for various tasks that keep you healthy. It transforms nutrients into molecules that your body needs. Toxins are removed. It contributes to the conversion of food into energy. When your liver malfunctions, your entire body suffers. Social Security Disability Benefits with Liver Impairments According to the American Liver F...
Every year, millions of individuals apply for Social Security Disability benefits. At the beginning of the disability claim process, only thirty percent of applications that the Social Security Administration receives are approved. There are some reasons why Social Security Disability benefits are denied, though the reasons for denial vary from cla...
The Social Security Administration no longer considers type I meningitis as a disability in its Blue Book. However, you can qualify for benefits with diabetes if you develop other underlying symptoms or diseases either listed in the Blue Book or that seriously impair your ability to perform substantial gainful activity (SGA). Although controlled di...
Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes digestive tract inflammation, which can result in stomach pain, severe diarrhoea, exhaustion, weight loss, and malnutrition. Crohn's disease causes inflammation in different parts of the digestive tract in different persons. This inflammation frequently spreads into the bowel'...
If you suffer from IBS alone, you might not win disability benefits right away. However, if your IBS obstructs your day to day activities by as low as 20% through frequent bathroom visits, you might easily qualify for the social security disability benefits. Irritable bowel syndrome affects millions of American men and women, each year. It is often...
Social Security may refuse disability payments if you do not take recommended drugs or other therapy. If you apply for disability benefits but do not adhere to your doctor's treatment plan, Social Security may deny your claim for "treatment noncompliance." This is because Social Security may find that if you took the medicine, had the surgery, or o...
Does Working Affect Disability Eligibility? An applicant must earn less than $1,350 per month in 2022 (up from $1,310 in 2021) to qualify for disability benefits under the Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programmes. (Blind applicants can earn up to $2,260 per month in 2022.) Anyone working in excess...
You may qualify for social security disability benefits if you have inflammatory bowel disease symptoms affecting the colon, intestines or the stomach. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis affects over 30,000 patients in the US alone, with a 2:1, male to female ratio. Interestingly, over 75% of these American Patients with PSC also have Inflammatory bowe...
For those over 65 who are unable to work due to having developed age-related impairments, the SSA has set up special rules known as 'tables' and 'grids' to determine the 'severity' of the disability that prevents them from working. There are two main distinctions, for people over the age of 65. First, there would be individuals who would be automat...
If you are an individual over the age of 65, you can qualify for disability in either of the two ways: I.Meeting or equaling a listing If you have an impairment or disability listed in Social Security's Blue Book of Impairments, then you will automatically qualify for the disability benefits. Listings can be equaled if you have an impairment that i...
Chronic forms of urticaria are common, often adversely impacting on quality of life. No formal studies have assessed the extent and nature of disability in different types of urticaria. Although the term "autoimmune" urticaria is increasingly being used for patients with evidence of functional serum autoantibodies, it is still unclear whether it is...
If you are unable to work due to irreparable damage caused by alcoholic cirrhosis (also known as alcoholic liver disease), you may be eligible for disability benefits. Alcoholic Cirrhosis | What is Alcoholic Liver Disease? Alcoholic cirrhosis is a liver condition induced by continuous alcohol intake. The liver becomes inflamed as a result of alcoho...
The IRS has put in place a fair method for taxing lump-sum Social Security disability payments. Because almost every Social Security office in the country has a significant backlog of disability cases, most people who are approved for Social Security disability or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits may not receive their first payment for m...
The minimal income amount varies according on your filing status and age. For example, in 2021, the minimum for single filing status if under the age of 65 is $12,550. If your income is less than that amount, you are not required to submit a federal tax return. Other filing statuses depend on annual income amount plus marital status and ages and th...
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a persistent skin condition characterised by abscesses and scarring. The cause of hidradenitis suppurativa is uncertain, but it appears to be caused by sweat glands around hair follicles, most typically around the groyne, bottom, breasts, and armpits. The sickness affects more women than men for unknown reasons. One...
A cancer diagnosis can be frightening for patients and their families, but whether a patient will qualify for Social Security disability benefits is determined by how the condition affects the person's capacity to work. To be sure, life-threatening and terminal cancer diagnoses usually result in the automatic and, in some cases, hastened award of d...