Social Security Disability Attorney
SSD Qualifying Conditions
The full list of conditions that qualifies individuals to receive Social Security Disability benefits is extensive. Currently, it's broken into two primary categories for adults and children, and within those groups there are 14 subcategories for adults and 15 for children that separate the different types of afflictions that make people eligible.
Adult
- Cardiovascular system
- Digestive system
- Endocrine disorders
- Genitourinary impairments
- Hematological disorders
- Immune system disorders
- Impairments that affect multiple body systems
- Malignant neoplastic diseases
- Mental disorders
- Musculoskeletal system
- Neurological disorders
- Respiratory system
- Skin disorders
- Special senses and speech
Childhood
- Cardiovascular system
- Digestive system
- Endocrine disorders
- Genitourinary impairments
- Growth impairment
- Hematological disorders
- Immune system disorders
- Impairments that affect multiple body systems
- Malignant neoplastic diseases
- Mental disorders
- Musculoskeletal system
- Neurological disorders
- Respiratory system
- Skin disorders
- Special senses and speech
While we won't go through every category or condition listed here, the following provides a general overview of several sections.
Neurological Disorders
These are conditions relating to or originating in the brain and central nervous system that affect cognition, motor skills, and other faculties. Examples of specific afflictions that SSD benefits may cover are: epilepsy, brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, and cerebral and spinal cord injuries.
Mental Disorders
These are conditions relating mental, cognitive, and emotional stability. Examples of specific afflictions that SSD benefits may cover are: schizophrenia, mental retardation, autism, personality disorders, and substance addiction disorders.
Heart Disorders
These are conditions relating to the heart, which affect its ability distribute blood properly. Examples of specific afflictions that SSD benefits may cover are: recurrent arrhythmias, chronic heart failure, symptomatic congenital heart diseases, ischemic heart diseases, and heart transplants.
Vision Disorders
These are conditions that prevent proper eyesight and the ability to see details in primary field of vision or peripherally. Examples of specific afflictions that SSD benefits may cover are: abnormality of the eye, optic nerve, optic tracts, or brain.
Digestive System Disorders
Conditions that cause problems with digestion and gastrointestinal functions that may also related to other organs. Examples of specific afflictions that SSD benefits may cover are: short bowel syndrome (SBS), chronic liver diseases, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), weight loss caused by a digestive disorder, gastrointestinal hemorrhaging or bleeding that requires blood transfusions, and liver transplants.
For the full list of conditions that qualify individuals to receive Social Security Disability benefits (SSD), visit their website at http://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/listing-impairments.htm.
The SSA requirements for benefit qualification vary for each condition. In many cases, they will ask for clinical records (a medical record that spans at least three months of treatment), physician information, and personal statements regarding details on the severity of the problem, and other pertinent information.
Social Security Legal Assistance
To ensure you get the entire sum of SSD benefits to which you are entitled, it's important to develop a strong and complete claim that efficiently communicates the degree of the condition and immediacy of your situation. Page Law will provide the necessary support to successfully completely your claim in an accurate and timely manner. Contact the Social Security disability benefits lawyers at Page Law today at (314) PAGE-LAW (724-3529) for help with your SSD application.
