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Amputation Disability Benefits

  Amputation occurs when a person’s body extremity is removed, either by trauma or surgery.  Certain medical conditions may contribute to amput...

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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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Cardiovascular Disorders Disability Benefits

According to the American Heart Association, over 80,000 Americans have one form or another of cardiovascular disease. Heart disease encompasses an...

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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 Benefits for RSD or CRPS

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) result from an injury, disease or even surgery to a limb (arm/leg).  I...

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Disability Benefits for Severe Headaches

A diagnosis of migraine headaches by a neurologist will be considered by Social Security.  If you have followed your doctor's treatment plan but co...

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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 Compensation for Developmental Aphasia

Brain damage can cause serious, lifelong problems for people.  One problem caused by brain damage is developmental aphasia.  Developmental aphasia...

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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 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 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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Endocrine System Disorders and Disability Benefits

  The endocrine system plays a crucial role in important functions such as digestion, reproduction and maintaining a stable internal physiological ...

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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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Finding your Insurance's Definition of Total Disability

If you have become disabled, you may be wondering how to figure out what your insurance company considers total disability.  A lot of the time,...

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Genitourinary Urinary and Genital Disability Benefits

The term “genitourinary” refers to the urinary and genital organs. Urology is the type of medicine responsible for the urinary tract in both mal...

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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 Benefits for Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder is a long term disruptive psychiatric condition that causes an individual to have intense mood swings.  A person with bipolar can ...

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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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Hematological Disability Benefits

  Hematology is the study of blood and abnormalities of the cells and proteins (plasma) that comprise blood. Any type of blood disorder is catego...

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Immune System Disability Benefits

  The immune system, when working properly, helps the body fight diseases by attacking and destroying the cells causing the disorder. However, whe...

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Is Bipolar Disorder Covered Under Social Security Disability?

Bipolar disorder is one of the listed impairments in the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) impairment listing manual.  Therefore, if you suf...

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Is Fibromyalgia Covered by Social Security Disability?

While there is no specific impairment listing for fibromyalgia maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA), people who suffer from fibrom...

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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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Lupus Disability Benefits

  Lupus is a chronic health condition, or, more specifically, an immune system impairment, that involves periods of remission and exacerbation, an...

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Malignant Neoplastic Disorders Disability Benefits

  Cancer is a generic term for malignant neoplasms. A malignant neoplastic disease is defined as any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal ...

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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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Multiple Disabilites

Impairments that affect multiple body systems include Down’s syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities. Down syndrome occurs when a person has...

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Musculoskeletal Disorder Disability Benefits

  Musculoskeletal is a general term, which is defined as relating to the muscles and the skeleton. The musculoskeletal system involves...

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Neurological Disorder Disability

  A neurological disorder occurs as a result of the damage to or malfunction of a person’s central nervous system, often originating in the brai...

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Process of Long Term Disability Benefits

On May 24, 2010, in Bridget Hardt, v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, U.S. (2010), the United States Supreme Court decided the issue of an...

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Recent Decision on Disability Benefits for Chronic Pain

In a recent federal court decision concerning social security disability benefits based on chronic severe pain, the court found that the judge is requ...

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Reconstructive Disability Benefits

  It has become more and more common for people to undergo hip, knee, and /or ankle reconstructive surgery.  Unfortunately, these types of reconst...

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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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Skin Disorder Disability

Disabilities come in all shapes, sizes, and levels of pain and incapacity. Skin disorders can appear to be less serious; however the truth is, the s...

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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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Soft Issue Injury Disability Benefits

  In most cases, soft tissue injuries occur from accidents, such as motor vehicle accidents, motorcycle accidents, and work-related trauma.  In m...

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Speech and Sense Disability Benefits

Most problems that afflict the special senses are the result of normal aging.  As people grow older, their eyes can become dry and are more prone t...

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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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Stroke Disability Benefits

  Stroke is the leading cause of disability in both the United States and Europe, which means that many victims seek disability benefits from the ...

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getting disability benefits

Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread muscle pain, fatigue, and multiple tender points. The American College of Rheumatology has developed cri...

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