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Deep Vein Thrombosis and Disability Benefits

Deep Vein Thrombosis and Disability Benefits

Thrombosis and Disability Benefits DVT is caused by a thrombus, or blood clot, forming deep within your veins, most usually in your legs. When a clot develops, it inhibits blood flow to the affected location, resulting in pain or swelling. DVTs are particularly dangerous because the clot may detach and lodge in other parts of your body, causing an ...

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How to Get SSDI Benefits for Breast Cancer?

How to Get SSDI Benefits for Breast Cancer?

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 between t...

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SSDI for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) for Veterans

SSDI for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) for Veterans

A disabled veteran with lasting physical and mental impairments from a severe TBI may be eligible for Social Security disability benefits. Veterans with brain injuries or related illnesses that resulted from military service have more chances of getting disability compensation, often within a 100 days of applying for disabi...

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SSDI vs VA Benefits for Veterinarians

SSDI vs VA Benefits for Veterinarians

Because disabled veterans can receive both Social Security disability payments and veterans disability benefits, they will nearly always have to deal with the Social Security Administration (SSA). Many veterinarians may be surprised to learn how dissimilar the two systems are. In this blog, we'll go over the basic aspects of the Social Security sys...

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Social Security Disability and Heart Transplant

Social Security Disability and Heart Transplant

There may be financial assistance available to you if you need a heart transplant and are unable to work as a result of your condition. People who have become disabled as a result of a life-threatening illness like heart failure are eligible for assistance through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. Even though medical technolo...

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How Are Your SSDI Payments Calculated in 2022?

How Are Your SSDI Payments Calculated in 2022?

For 2022, the Social Security Administration announced a 5.9% increase in Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. Unlike veterans' benefits, workers' compensation, or Supplemental Security Money (SSI), SSDI is fully based on your lifetime earnings, regardless of how severe your impairment is or how much income you have. Soc...

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SSDI Benefits for Children of Disabled Parents

SSDI Benefits for Children of Disabled Parents

A monthly cash benefit is also available for children of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries. Your dependent kid may be eligible for Social Security payments if you are disabled and receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). The child need not have a disability to be eligible. But the kid needs to be: - Single, age...

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Social Security Resolutions Severe Incapacity

Social Security Resolutions Severe Incapacity

Individuals who are unable to work as a result of an injury or illness are eligible to receive benefits from Social Security disability insurance. The SSA defines a severe incapacity as a condition that significantly limits an individual's physical or mental abilities to the point where they are unable to perform basic work activities, making proof...

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Incapacity to Work Due to Pulmonary Hypertension | RFC

Incapacity to Work Due to Pulmonary Hypertension | RFC

The most common reason to qualify for SSDI for Pulmonary Hypertension is Cor Pulmonale. Cor pulmonale is a medical disorder that affects the anatomy and function of the heart's right ventricle. The most prevalent cause is pulmonary hypertension. Cor pulmonale is a kind of right-sided heart failure in which the right ventricle ceases to pump bl...

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How Disabling is a Blood Clot? | SSDI Benefits for Blood Clots

What symptoms must I have to be considered for SSDI Benefits for Blood Clots?

Any blood vessel in the body can develop clots. The formation of microscopic clots in the tiniest vessels closest to the skin's surface rarely results in significant health problems and typically requires little to no medical attention; However, those that form in the body's larger and deeper veins may be linked to or cause extremely serious health...

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Social Security Family Maximum Benefits

Social Security Family Maximum Benefits

Social Security Family Maximum Benefits The total amount your family can earn is subject to a maximum family benefit (MFB) cap if more than one member of your family receives a monthly cash benefit while you are receiving a monthly SSDI check. Frequently, the sum of the SSDI payments for a disabled parent and the benefits for two or more children (...

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SSDI Benefits for Eczema

SSDI Benefits for Eczema

You may be eligible for disability compensation, if your eczema is severe and makes it difficult to walk or use your hands. Eczema is a common skin disorder that causes itchiness, redness, dryness, and irritation. Atopic dermatitis is another name for this illness. It usually begins in infancy or early childhood and can last until maturity. Eczema,...

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Is Pulmonary Hypertension a Disability?

Is Pulmonary Hypertension a Disability?

Pulmonary hypertension is a broad term for high blood pressure ("hypertension") affecting the blood arteries of the lungs. If you have moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension restrictions, Social Security may approve you for benefits. Currently, the only known cure for pulmonary hypertension is a lung transplant. This hazardous disease can h...

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SSDI for Spinal Stenosis for People Over 50

SSDI Benefits for Spinal Stenosis

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the gaps within the spine that leads to pressure on the spinal cord or nerve roots. Symptoms of spinal stenosis range from no symptoms to discomfort in the back or neck, as well as numbness, tingling, and weakness in the arms and/or legs.While spinal stenosis is not a dangerous ailment in its early stages, it can c...

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The Five Month Waiting Period for SSDI

The Five Month Waiting Period for SSDI

Disability applicants must wait five months after being accepted for Social Security disability insurance payments (also known as SSDI, SSD, and Title II disability benefits) before Social Security pays them disability compensation. This implies that before beginning monthly payments, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will withhold five mont...

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Tips to Improve Your Chances to Boost Your Chances of Your SSDI Application Approved

Tips to Improve Your Chances to Boost Your SSDI Application

The Social Security Administration must abide by strict guidelines when approving applications for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Approximately 70% of all initial applications are rejected upon submission as a result of this, as well as the fact that many people are either unaware of the process's...

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Applying for SSD while suffering from blood clots | Thrombosis

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A blood clot can form in any blood artery in the body. Small clots that form in the capillaries closest to the skin's surface seldom cause severe health problems and normally require little to no medical intervention; but, those that form in the body's larger and deeper veins can be associated with, or result in, highly serious health problems. Man...

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How to Obtain a Closed Benefit | SSDI vs SSI

How to Obtain a Closed Benefit | SSDI vs SSI

A closed period occurs when a claimant for Social Security disability benefits or SSI is determined to be ineligible for ongoing benefits but remains entitled to payments for a period of time in the past.How to Obtain a Closed Benefit The interval between the beginning of a disability and the claimant's ability to return to work at the SGA lev...

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How to Speed up Your Disability Claim?

How to Speed up Your Disability Claim

A final decision on your application for disability benefits from Social Security can take years. By accurately completing all required paperwork, punctually responding to any requests for information from Social Security, and compiling and submitting your own medical records early on, you might be able to speed up the process. The usual delay is l...

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Disability Fast Track Approval Programme | QDD

Disability Fast Track Approval Programme | QDD

Your condition must fulfil the legal definition of disability in order to receive Social Security disability payments.Many injuries and diseases are clearly debilitating, such as late-stage renal disease, congestive heart failure, and fatal cancers. Others, such as chronic diseases that worsen with age or residual disorders that worsen with time, m...

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