It is often more difficult for disability applicants to get Social Security disability benefits for medical "syndromes" for a variety of reasons. Many of these syndromes are often based on the disability applicant's subjective reports of pain and other symptoms and, as a result, applicants have historically had a hard time convincing Social Security that their impairments are real and disabling. In addition, Social Security does not have official listings for most syndromes (with the exception of non-Mosiac Down syndrome), so in most cases there's no way to automatically qualify for disability benefits by meeting a fixed set of criteria.
The following articles explain what Social Security will be looking for when evaluating an applicant's disability claim based on that medical condition.
Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability
Written by a former SSA medical consultant, Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability is the essential book for learning about the disability approval process.
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