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Social Security Disability for RSD or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Submitted By: Suzanne Villalon-Hinojosa On: Mar 16th 2010
Category: crps, getting disability benefits, rsd, Types of Disability
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) result from an injury, disease or even surgery to a limb (arm/leg). It is characterized by severe...
Social Security Disability for Severe Headaches
Submitted By: Suzanne Villalon-Hinojosa On: Mar 15th 2010
Category: getting disability benefits, Types of Disability
A diagnosis of migraine headaches by a neurologist will be considered by Social Security. If you have followed your doctor's treatment plan but continue to suffer from this disorder...
Trends in How Social Security Disability Views Fibromyalgia
Submitted By: Suzanne Villalon-Hinojosa On: Mar 14th 2010
Category: Getting Disability Benefits for Fibromyalgia, Types of Disability
Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread muscle pain, fatigue, and multiple tender points. The American College of Rheumatology has developed criteria for diagnosing the condition when at...
Evaluating Medical Evidence in a Disability Case
Submitted By: Suzanne Villalon-Hinojosa On: Mar 11th 2010
Category: medical evidence, Disability and Social Security
In 1985 legislation brought about major changes to the listings, to include the first real functional limitations to the mental listings. The oldest specific functional criteria in the...
How Social Security Disability has Changed Regarding Arthritis
Submitted By: Suzanne Villalon-Hinojosa On: Mar 7th 2010
Category: getting disability benefits, Types of Disability
Let’s look at the evolution of the listing for inflammatory or rheumatoid arthritis. The first listing was basically a list of diagnosed condition with no description of severity...
Social Security Disability and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Submitted By: Suzanne Villalon-Hinojosa On: Mar 7th 2010
Category: chronic fatigue syndrome, getting disability benefits, Types of Disability
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) has been a controversial diagnosis and in 1999 Social Security provided guidance to all their disability decision makers about the disorder. The condition is diagnosed...
Difference Between Meeting or Equaling a Disability Listing
Submitted By: Suzanne Villalon-Hinojosa On: Mar 4th 2010
Category: getting disability benefits, medical equivalence, Filing for Disability
medical equivalence can be found without all the listing criteria. Medical equivalence is shown when the impairment is at least equal in severity...
Disability Compensation Benefits for Cardiovascular Diseases
Submitted By: Suzanne Villalon-Hinojosa On: Mar 2nd 2010
Category: disability for heart problems, getting disability benefits, Types of Disability
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 to acquire oxygen from the lung. This back...
Getting Social Security Disability Payments for Liver Disease
Submitted By: Suzanne Villalon-Hinojosa On: Feb 22nd 2010
Category: getting disability benefits, liver disease, Filing for Disability
Many of our clients could show all the requisites except the PTT. This test was often not requested by treating sources as it is traditionally not included in a standard liver panel
Will Social Security Consider Arachnoiditis Disabling?
Submitted By: Suzanne Villalon-Hinojosa On: Feb 22nd 2010
Category: disability for back pain, social security disability, spinal cord issues, Filing for Disability
Spinal arachnoiditis is the third most common cause of failed back surgery syndrome, after stenosis and recurrent disc problem. Social Security will find it disabling if the medical records...