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Problems with Liver Damage Qualifiable for SSDI Benefits

Qualifying for SSDI with Liver Impairments

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...

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5 Reasons Your Disability Claim Was Denied

5 Reasons Your Disability Claim Was Denied

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...

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Social Security Disability for Type I and Type II Diabetes Meningitis

Social Security Disability for Type I and Type II Diabetes Meningitis

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...

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Social Security Disability Benefits for Crohn’s Disease

Social Security Disability Benefits for Crohn’s Disease

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'...

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Social Security Disability for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Social Security Disability for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

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...

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Disability Benefits Denied Due to Noncompliance with Treatment

Disability Benefits Denied Due to Noncompliance with Treatment

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...

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What Effect Does Working During Early Retirement Have on Benefits?

What Effect Does Working During Early Retirement Have on Benefits?

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...

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Medical Requirements to Qualify for SSDI for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Medical Requirements to Qualify for SSDI for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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...

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Disability Benefits for age 65 and over through Medical Vocational Allowance

Disability Benefits for age 65 and over through Medical Vocational Allowance

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...

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Special Rules for Meeting a Disability Listing | Over 65 |

Special Rules for Meeting a Disability Listing  Over 65

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...

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How to Win Disability Benefits for Urticaria

How to Win Disability Benefits for Urticaria

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...

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How Does the SSA view Liver Cirrhosis?

How Does the SSA view Liver Cirrhosis?

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...

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How to Determine Whether Your Lump Sum Payment Is Taxable

How to Determine Whether Your Lump Sum Payment Is Taxable

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...

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How to Know If You Earn Enough to Owe a Federal Taxation on Your Benefits

How to Know If You Earn Enough to Owe a Federal Taxation on Your Benefits

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...

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How to win SSDI benefits for Skin Lesions or Hidradenitis?

How to win SSDI benefits for Skin Lesions or Hidradenitis?

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...

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The Social Security Compassionate Allowance for Cancer

The Social Security Compassionate Allowance for Cancer

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...

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How to Win Disability Benefits for Skin Disorders?

How to Win Disability Benefits for Skin Disorders?

Many skin problems are assessed based on how they affect your other physiological functions. Other portions of the Blue Book may be read in such circumstances to decide whether your disease is serious enough to merit disability benefits. The SSA Blue Book has listings for various skin disorders that may result due to hereditary, congenital, or acqu...

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Social Security Cost-of-living Adjustments for 2022

Social Security Cost-of-living Adjustments for 2022

Changes to social security benefits and supplemental security income (SSI) programmes were announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA). The modifications, which are announced every year in October, are based on cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) to guarantee that benefits stay up with inflation. Beginning in January, recipients of Social S...

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SSDI for Osteoporosis in 2022

SSDI for Osteoporosis in 2022

Osteoporosis affects more than 10 million Americans. Almost 1 in 4 people with osteoporosis are women. While women are at higher risk for the disease, men can develop it, too. Studies suggest that among those 50 and older: Up to 1 in 2 women will break a bone due to osteoporosis — equal to the risk of breast, ovarian and uterine cancer combined.Up ...

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Can You Work After Waiting a Year for Social Security Disability Decision After Trial Work Period

Can You Work After Waiting a Year for Social Security Disability Decision After Trial Work Period

Even if you've returned to work, you may be able to appeal a refused Social Security Disability claim. Applicants for Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) who have waited a long period for a decision on their applications may experience financial pressure to return to work. In some cases, because of the trial work term, you may be allowed to...

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