What Illnesses or Injuries Qualify You for Social Security Disability (SSD)?

It doesn’t matter if you suffer from an illness, a disorder, or an injury: any physical or mental impairment or diagnosis, no matter its cause, can limit you to less than full-time work and make you medically eligible for Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits.

Pain, fatigue, or any other disabling symptom from any number of impairments can qualify you for Social Security Disability (SSD). These impairments include: spinal diseases and injuries, degenerative joint disease, upper and lower extremity injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome or other repetitive motion injuries, hip pain, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, heart attack, angina, peripheral vascular disease (PVD), peripheral arterial disease (PAD), deep venous throm- bosis (DVT), chronic venous insufficiency, lymphedema, asthma, COPD, emphysema, low vision, stroke, kidney disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), liver disease, Crohn’s disease, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, Lupus, Raynaud’s disease, cerebral palsy, cancer, scleroderma, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Mental disorders which may be found to be disabling include major depression, schizophrenia, agoraphobia, neurocognitive disorders, severe bipolar disorder, personality disorders, psychotic disorders, severe anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorders, residuals of closed head injuries (TBI) or stroke, PTSD, dementia, Alzheimer’s, schizoaffective disorder, or severe panic disorders.

If you suffer from a physical or mental diagnosis that would keep you from working full-time call the Law Offices of J.B. Bieske and Jennifer Alfonsi for a free consultation at 800-331-3530.