Disability Coverage for Veterans
Veterans who suffer from physical and/or mental conditions that render them unable to work may benefit from at least two different sets of governmen...
Does Social Security Award Disability to People with Emphysema?
If you suffer from severe emphysema, you may be approved automatically for disability benefits if you either meet the Social Security Administrati...
Can I Get Disability for Bronchiectasis?
Bronchiectasis is a type of obstructive lung disease that destroys the body’s large airways. It is caused by chronic inflammation or infection o...
Can I Get Disability for a Lung Infection or Pneumonia?
Pneumonia and other lung infections are caused by bacteria, fungi, or viruses. The symptoms of pneumonia and other lung infections include chest-p...
Disability Benefits for Chronic Pulmonary Insufficiency
If you meet the requirements for the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) listing for chronic pulmonary insufficiency, your disability claim w...
Can I Get Disability for Sleep Apnea?
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a disability listing for sleep-related breathing disorders (and if you meet the criteria of the lis...
Getting Disability Benefits for Cancer: An Overview
Most cancers that have metastasized or recurred, or were inoperable or unresectable with surgery, are eligible for disability benefits.
When Does Cystic Fibrosis Qualify for Disability Benefits?
For most children with CF, the condition doesn't become disabling until sometime in adulthood, when lung disease usually begins to interfere with ...
Does Mesothelioma Qualify for Automatic Disability Benefits?
There are three ways to qualify for disability with mesothelioma: meeting the criteria in the official disability listing, meeting the criteria of the...
When You're Having Chemo for Testicular Cancer, Can You Get Disability Benefits?
It's unlikely you'll be eligible for disability while you're having chemotherapy treatments for testicular cancer, but it's possible, depending on a n...
Does Skin Cancer Have to Have Spread to Get Disability Benefits?
The short answer is that skin cancer does not necessarily have to spread in order to get disability benefits, but the long answer is more complicated....
Getting Disability Benefits When You Have Leukemia
Leukemia is one of the qualifying conditions established in the SSA's disability listings. The types of leukemia covered by the leukemia disability...
Getting Disability Benefits for Pancreatic Cancer
If either of the two categories below apply to your diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, your condition will be considered severe enough to "meet the disab...
Are Disability Benefits Available When You Have Uterine or Ovarian Cancer?
In this article we are discussing disability benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program or the Supplemental Security Inc...
When Can You Get Disability Benefits for Kidney Cancer?
When you apply for disability, the SSA will look at your illness to see if it meets or equals one of the qualifying conditions in the SSA’s Listing...
When Can I Get Disability Benefits for Bladder Cancer?
Bladder cancer occurs when cells in the urinary bladder grow out of control. Bladder cancer usually starts in the cells lining the inside of the bladd...
Can I Get Disability Benefits for Colon or Rectal Cancer?
If you suffer from cancer of either the small or large intestine, you may be eligible for automatic approval of your disability claim because both are...
Disability Benefits for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Both Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Hodgkin’s disease are qualifying conditions in Social Security's "blue book" of disability listings, under Lis...
Can I Get Social Security Disability Benefits for Lung Cancer?
Lung cancer patients may be eligible to receive Social Security disability (SSDI/SSD) benefits or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits throug...
Can I Get Disability Benefits if I Have Prostate Cancer?
In order to be eligible for disability benefits, your inability to work must have lasted, or be expected to last, at least one year. To judge wh...
Can I Get Disability Benefits for Scleroderma?
The Social Security Administration will consider approving you for disability benefits for scleroderma if you first meet the initial basic require...
Can I Get Social Security Disability Benefits for a Thyroid Disorder?
You may be eligible to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits or Social Security disability (SSDI/SSD) benefits if you have a thyroid...
Can I Get Disability for Vestibular Balance Problems or Meniere's Disease?
The SSA will determine whether your vestibular balance disorder meets or equals one of the qualifying conditions in the SSA's Listing of Impairmen...
Can You Get Disability Benefits for Autism?
Autism is a development disorder that results in impaired social conduct, difficulty communicating to others, and repetitive behavior patterns. ...
Why It's Smart to Have a Lawyer at a Disability Hearing
The Social Security Act and its corresponding regulations are a complex area of law, so it's always advisable to hire a lawyer for your Social S...
What Is In-Kind Income and Why Does It Matter?
If you are disabled and have a limited work history, you may be eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits through the Soci...
Is Citizen or Alien Status Required for SSI?
One of the requirements to be eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits is that you must be a United States citizen or nat...
Are There Asset Limits for SSI?
SSI (Supplemental Security Income) is a monthly cash benefit for disabled or blind people who have limited income and resources. There are specific ...
How Is My SSI Payment Calculated?
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal program administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) that pays monthly benefits to you...
Individual Development Accounts (IDA) under the SSI Program
An Individual Development Account, or IDA, is a special account designed to allow qualifying low-income individuals to save specifically for sch...
How Do You Qualify Medically for Social Security Disability or SSI?
To increase your chances of qualifying medically for Social Security disability benefits, it's helpful to understand how the Social Security Adminis...
How Can You Get a Medical-Vocational Allowance for SSDI or SSI?
When you apply for disability benefits with the Social Security Administration (SSA), you may apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or...
Qualifying for Disability Benefits for a Listed Impairment
If you are applying for disability benefits with the Social Security Administration (SSA), you may qualify on the basis of medical evidence alone if y...
What are Social Security Field Offices?
The Social Security Administration (SSA) manages Social Security Disability benefit applications and awards through Social Security field offices. T...
Is Asthma a Disability? Facts to Consider
Asthma is a disorder that causes the bronchial tubes to abnormally contract. These contractions causes swelling of the airways and make it difficult t...
Understanding the Role of a Social Security Representative Payee
About 10% of all Social Security recipients use a representative payee to help in managing their financial affairs. The SSA will help select and inve...
Social Security Disability and Taxes: What You Should Know
If you are disabled, you may qualify for disability benefits from either SSDI or SSI. SSDI refers to Social Security Disability Insurance, which is ...
What is the SSDI Trial Work Period?
When you suffer from a long term disability in the United States, there is a social program in place to help provide you with income if that disab...
Can You Work while on Disability?
Disability payments through the social security administration are designed to provide benefits for those who become disabled on a permanent or long t...
Work and Disability Benefits: Can You Have Both at the Same Time?
While the Social Security Administration (SSA) has a strict definition of disability before one may be qualified to receive disability benefits, i...
What Will We Do for You?
First, and foremost, we won't let Social Security forget that you exist. As you can imagine, SSA is a beauracracy. Things fall through the cracks,...
How to Win Social Security Disability or SSI
The best strategy for winning a Social Security or SSI case is hiring a lawyer to assist with your claim. Attorneys have experience and knowledge ...
Psychological Exams for Social Security Disability
The medical records you have may not provide enough evidence to show that you have a mental or emotional illness that should prevent you from working....
Disability Benefits for Heart Attack or Heart Disease
Heart disease can be a catchall term that refers to various disabling heart conditions, but most often it refers to coronary artery disease (CAD), al...
Does COPD Qualify Me for Social Security Disability?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD refers to a serious and debilitating condition characterized by persistent obstruction of the airways....
Can I Get SSDI Benefits for Diverticulitis?
Diverticulitis occurs when pouches form in the wall of the intestines and get infected. Usually these pouches occur in the colon, which is in the larg...
When Cancer Qualifies for Disability Benefits
Cancers that were inoperable or unresectable with surgery, that have recurred after treatment, or that metastasized to other places are eligi...
Does OCD Qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits?
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be so disruptive to a person’s life that it becomes impossible to work. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is c...
Disability Benefits for Reduced Capacity Caused by Back Problems
Even if you have severe, documented back problems, it’s difficult to get approved for disability benefits by the Social Security Administration (SS...
Can Breast Cancer Patients get SSDI Benefits?
Breast cancer is a type of cancer that develops in the cells of the breast. Symptoms of breast cancer may include swelling or a change in the shape of...
SSI vs Social Security Disability Benefits
SSI Disability Benefits (SSDI) are different from general SSI Benefits.
How to Win an SSDI Claim at Appeal
There is no surefire way to win a Social Security disability claim, but there are things you can do to help your chances. First, read up on the di...
