Social
Security Disability
SSI
Disability
Possible
Disabilities
Social Security Disability
Under the federal Social Security Disability Act,
"disability" means the "inability to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of any medically determinable physician or mental
impairment which can be expected to last for a continuous period of not
less than 12 months or result in death."
Social Security Disability Benefits are paid to individuals who have
worked in the recent years. Usually you have to work 5 out of the last 10
years. For individuals under 31 years old, the requirements are a little
different since they have not been in the work force as long.
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SSI Disability
(Supplemental Security Income)
SSI is a welfare benefit program paid to individuals who
are disabled whether or not the individual has worked in the past. SSI
child's disability benefits are paid to children who are under 18 years
old, are disabled and the parents or guardian are lower level income.
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Some Common Disabilities
Include:
| Anemia |
COPD |
High Blood Pressure
(Hypertension) |
Pancreatitis |
| Anxiety |
Coronary artery disease |
Hip Neck Shoulder Ankle
Wrist Back or other Joint Problems |
Panic Disorder |
| Arthritis |
Crohn's Disease |
HIV aids |
Peripheral Field
Problems or Other
Vision Loss |
| Asthma |
Cystic fibrosis |
Inflammatory Bowel
Disease |
Peripheral vascular
disease |
| Attention Deficit Hyper
Activity or adhd |
Degenerative Disc Disease |
Inner ear problems |
Reflux |
| Autism |
Depression or other Mood
Disorders |
Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
RSD or reflex
sympathetic
dystrophy |
| Bipolar Disorder or Manic
Depression |
Diabetes |
Kidney failure requiring
dialysis or other renal problems |
RSI or Repetitive Stress
Injury |
| Bradycardia or other
arrhythmia |
Diabetic Neuropathy |
Learning disability |
Sarcoidosis |
| Bronchitis |
Disc Herniation |
Low iq |
Schizophrenia |
| Cancer |
Down syndrome |
Lupus |
Sickle cell |
| Cardiomyopathy or
tachycardia |
Dysthymia |
Lyme disease |
Spinal Stenosis |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
Emphysema |
Memory loss |
Statutory Blindness |
| Cerebral palsy |
Epilepsy |
Meniere's |
Stroke |
| CFIDS |
ESRD or end stage renal
disease |
Mental retardation |
Thyroid problems
including
hypothyroidism |
| Chronic Fatigue |
GERD (gastro esophageal
reflux disease) |
Multiple sclerosis |
Type 1 Seizure
Disorder |
| Cirrhosis |
Head Trauma |
Muscular dystrophy |
Type 2 Diabetes |
| Clinical Obesity |
Hearing Loss or Poor
Hearing |
Osteoarthritis |
Ulcerative Colitis |
| Congestive or Chronic
Heart Failure |
Hepatitis or other liver
disease |
Osteoporosis |
Vertigo or dizziness |
The above
conditions are only a few common disabilities. Benefits may or
may not be awarded because of disabilities due to the above conditions.
This information is provided as general information, not as legal advice.
The information is not intended to be unsolicited legal advice
