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Can I Get Disability Benefits for Kidney Disease?

Although some people first learn that they have serious kidney problems when they experience sharp pains in their lower back areas, many others are ...

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Disability Benefits Available for HIV/AIDS

HIV is a sexually transmitted infection that causes your immune system to shut down making you vulnerable to more infections that your body cannot f...

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Disability Benefits and Eligibility Changes for Arthritis

Let’s look at the evolution of the listing for inflammatory or rheumatoid arthritis. The first listing was basically a list of diagnosed condition w...

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Disability Benefits for Anxiety Disorder

Social anxiety is the fear of being judged and scrutinized by other people.  This is one of the most common psychological disorders in the United S...

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Disability Benefits for Arthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) is what most people know as “common” arthritis and occurs with normal “wear-and-tear” of use of your joints over time. I...

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Disability Benefits for Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that involves periods of mania with or without alternating periods of depression. The symptoms of mania include....

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Disability Benefits for CFS

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complicated disorder, which is characterized by extreme fatigue that may get worse with physical or mental activ...

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Disability Benefits for Cancer Treatment

Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of certain cells in your body that leads to organ failures and masses that invade other parts of your body interfe...

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Disability Benefits for Cardiovascular Diseases

Our heart is a big pumping muscle, in the middle of our chest, constantly sending blood circulating throughout the body to enrich us with oxygen or ...

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Disability Benefits for Chronic Heart Failure

Heart failure is a chronic, progressive condition in which the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood through the heart to meet the body’s nee...

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Disability Benefits for Crohn’s Disease

Crohn’s disease is an ongoing disorder that causes inflammation of the digestive tract that can affect any area of the gastrointestinal tract.  I...

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Disability Benefits for Degenerative Disc Disease

Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) is one of the most common causes of lower back pain in America. This disease is typically associated with aging and ...

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Disability Benefits for Episodic Impairments

Many unlisted impairments are also episodic in character.  For instance, migraine headaches can be compared to seizures as they are both episodic i...

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Disability Benefits for Fibromyalgia

Hopefully, America will one day readily embrace its duty to provide for its most seriously disabled citizens. Right now, it can be a major challenge...

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Disability Benefits for Hepatitis

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the most common chronic infections in the United States.  Approximately 3.2 million people are livi...

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Disability Claims for Spinal Cord Disorder

Historically, musculoskeletal and mental impairments account for the major cause of disability among social security disability beneficiaries and a ...

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Disability Coverage and Payments for Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have n...

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Disability Coverage for Children

Caring for a physically and/or mentally disabled child can be not only emotionally demanding, but financially devastating.  Fortunately, there are f...

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Disability Coverage for Digestive Disorders

No one wants to contract a serious disease, let alone a digestive system problem that may regularly interfere with their daily eating regimen. Unfo...

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Disability Coverage for Pregnant Women

Although pregnancy is a common occurrence that almost always results in at least a temporary absence from work, there is no federal benefits program...

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Disability Coverage for Your Children

In additional to disability benefits available through the Social Security Administration (SSA) for disabled adults, children of disabled adults may...

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Disability Coverage for Your Dependents

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers disability benefits for all Americans, including the Social Security Disability (SSD) program, ...

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Disability Payments for Heart Condition or Blood Vessel Disease

Many hardworking Americans have to leave the workforce behind once they discover their health problems are both serious and permanent. As they pursu...

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Disability Payments for a Learning Disability

Learning disabilities are suffered by millions of Americans; however, few sufferers are treated with the same care and attention that those with oth...

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Disability for Chronic Heart Condition

Chronic heart failure or congestive heart failure (CHF) is when your heart cannot pump enough blood to your body adequately. This can happen due to ...

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Filing Disability for Bi-Polar Disorder

Fortunately, you can find a wealth of government information about filing for disability benefits on the Internet. Once you begin reading that mater...

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Getting Benefits for a Physical Disability

Physical disability affects millions of Americans.  In spite of this, information about disability benefits is sometimes difficult to find, and the ...

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Getting Disability While on Maternity Leave

Unfortunately, there is no uniform program that provides financial assistance to women who go on maternity leave.  The Social Security Administratio...

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Getting Disability for Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system in the brain and spinal cord. It is a very debilitating dis...

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Long-Term Disability Plans

Basically, there are two types of long term disability plans: an employer plan and an individual (private) plan. Employer plans are usually part of ...

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Medical Disability Benefits

When applying for disability benefits you must meet medical and non-medical criteria.  To be found medically disabled under Social Security regulat...

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Metal Illness Disability Compensation

The legal definition of mental illness encompasses any condition that causes an individual to experience a diminished quality of life due to disturb...

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Self-Care Disability Benefits

Self-care disability and mobility limitations prevent individuals from walking around, getting dressed, and going about routine daily activities on ...

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Social Security Disability for CFS

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) has been a controversial diagnosis and in 1999 Social Security provided guidance to all their disability decision mak...

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Staged Conditions and Disability Compensation Payments

Some listed impairments are staged by treating sources.  Staging is a progression and shows a worsening condition.  While the concept of staging i...

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