What Impairments Meet the Qualifications for Social Security Disability Benefits?
Dozens of impairments are on Social Security’s official list of ailments that meet the requirements for disability benefits.
At Clarkson Pennington Law, Social Security Disability attorneys Abbey Clarkson and John Pennington often see clients successfully win benefits with illnesses like these:
- Arthritis
- Autoimmune diseases
- Back pain
- Degenerative disc disease
- Diabetes
- Heart disease
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Neck pain
- Nervous system disorders
- Obesity complications
- Stroke
These are far from the only impairments that can qualify you for disability benefits.
Most of the time, a combination of multiple medical conditions goes into a disability claim. Mental health problems often come along with physical conditions. That can be part of your application for benefits, too.
You can have a diagnosis that’s not on Social Security’s list and put that in your claim.
With help from your health care providers, you can show Social Security a measure called your “residual functional capacity,” or RFC. Your RFC considers what you’re physically able to do—how much standing, walking, lifting, and more.
An experienced disability lawyer knows their way around these rules. And you can talk to Clarkson Pennington Law disability law team for a first look at your case for benefits, no charge.
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Information You Need to Qualify for Social Security Disability
Everything you report about your health problems and how they hurt your ability to work has to be backed up with evidence.
You’ll need to see your doctor regularly to get that evidence. Meeting the qualifications for disability benefits means turning in documents like these:
- Medical exam reports
- Medical test results
- Treatment plans
- How your condition responds to treatment
- History of your impairment
- Your training and work background
- Statements from family and friends
Another factor is your age.
After you turn 50, Social Security uses a complicated tool called “the grid rules” to decide whether they think you could switch to a new kind of job and keep working, or whether your inability to continue in your last job means you can’t work at all.
Your Social Security Disability lawyer can navigate all of this for you—making sure you get the right bits of information to Social Security in the right way—so you can have confidence knowing someone experienced is on top of your disability case.
Clarkson Pennington Law is here to make this task easier, and make sure you get the attention and respect you deserve on your way to disability benefits and financial relief.
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Are you trying to figure out if you should even try getting disability benefits? Do you need to put in an application? Have you already applied, but been turned down? Your Alabama Social Security Disability lawyer can step in at any point and help you.
How Does Social Security Disability Work? Get Answers.
Social Security Disability is a huge, complicated program that often doesn’t seem like it cares much about you and your needs. Can’t get answers to your questions? Your disability attorney from Clarkson Pennington Law is the one who truly cares and guides you. Talk to us.
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