Diseases of the genitourinary system
Millions of Americans apply for Social Security Disability every year. Many of these applicants will be denied whether or not they feel that they are disabled. Social Security Disability has a list of impairments that they use to determine whether or not a person is disabled. There are exceptions, but these are mainly what they go by. These impairments are permanent medical conditions that severely limit a persons ability to perform daily activities. Some of these impairments are expected to result in death, therefore, Social Security Disability is granted.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Musculoskeletal System
The impairments covered under the musculoskeletal system category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as major joint dysfunction, certain types of surgery performed on a major weight-bearing joint, certain spinal disorders (i.e., vertebral fracture, herniated nucleus pulposus, facet arthritis, spinal arachnoiditis, degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis and spinal stenosis that compromise the spinal cord, a nerve root and/or the cauda equina), amputation, certain fractures or soft tissue injury (i.e., burns) may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Special Senses and Speech
The impairments covered under the special senses and speech category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as loss of visual acuity, loss of visual efficiency, certain hearing impairments (i.e., deafness), vestibular function problems, loss of speech or blindness may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Respiratory System
The impairments covered under the respiratory system category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as chronic pulmonary insufficiency, asthma, cystic fibrosis, pneumoconiosis, bronchiectasis, mycotic, mycobacterial and certain other persistent, chronic lung infections, cor pulmonale that is secondary to chronic pulmonary vascular hypertension, sleep-related breathing disorders or lung transplant may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Cardiovascular System
The impairments covered under the cardiovascular system category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as chronic heart failure, ischemic heart disease, recurrent arrhythmias, symptomatic congenital heart disease, heart transplant, aneurysm of the major heart branches or the aorta, chronic venous insufficiency or peripheral artery disease may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Digestive System
The impairments covered under the digestive system category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as gastrointestinal hemorrhaging that requires a blood transfusion (from any cause), chronic liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease, short bowel syndrome, any digestive condition that causes unintentional weight loss or liver transplant may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Genitourinary Impairments
The impairments covered under the genitourinary impairments category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as renal function impairment, nephoratic syndrome with anasarca (must persist for a minimum of three months despite treatment), kidney transplant and chronic renal disease with chronic peritoneal dialysis or chronic hemodialysis may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Hematological Disorders
The impairments covered under the hematological disorders category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as chronic anemia, sickle cell anemia (or a variation of it), chronic thrombocytopenia (any cause), hereditary telangiectasia, coagulation defects (i.e., hemophilia or something similar), polycythemia vera (with thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, andleukocytosis or splenomegaly), myelofibrosis (myeloproliferative syndrome), chronic granulocytopenia (any cause) or aplastic anemias (with stem cell or bone marrow implantation) may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Skin Disorders
The impairments covered under the skin disorders category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Condition such as ichthyosis, Bullous disease, chronic infections (of mucous membranes or skin), dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, genetic photosensitivity disorders or burns may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Endocrine System
The impairments covered under the endocrine system category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as thyroid disorders, hyperparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidism, diabetes insipidus (neurohypophyseal insufficiency), adrenal cortex hyperfunction or diabetes mellitus may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Impairments That Affect Multiple Body Systems
The impairments covered under the impairments that affect multiple body systems category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as non-mosaic down syndrome may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Neurological
The impairments covered under the neurological category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as epilepsy-convulsive epilepsy (psychomotor or grand mal), epilepsy-nonconvulsive epilepsy (focal, petit mal or psychomotor), vascular accident of the central nervous system, brain tumors, parkinsonian syndrome, cerebral palsy, lesions on a nerve root or spinal cord (any cause), multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, anterior poliomyelitis, myasthenia gravis, muscular dystrophy, peripheral neuropathies, subacute combined cord degeneration (with disorganized motor function; pernicious anemia), degenerative diseases (i.e., spino-cerebellar degeneration, friedreich's ataxia, huntington's chorea), cerebral trauma or syringomyelia may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Mental Disorders
The impairments covered under the mental disorders category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as organic mental disorders, paranoid, schizophrenic and other psychotic disorders, affective disorders, mental retardation, anxiety-related disorders, somatoform disorders, personality disorders, substance addiction disorders or autistic disorder (also, other pervasive, developmental disorders) may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Malignant Neoplastic Diseases
The impairments covered under the malignant neoplastic diseases category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as soft tissues tumors in the neck and head, related skin diseases, soft tissue sarcoma, lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma, malignancy in the salivary glands, malignancy in the thyroid gland, malignancy in the breasts, skeletal system sarcoma or carcinoma, malignancy in the orbit, maxilla or temporal fossa, malignancy in the nervous system, malignancy in the lungs, malignancy in the mediastinum or pleura, malignancy in the stomach or esophagus, malignancy in the large intestine, malignancy in the small intestine, malignancy in the gallbladder or liver, malignancy in the pancreas, adrenal glands, kidneys or ureters-carcinoma, urinary bladder carcinoma, carcinoma or sarcoma in the female genital tract, carcinoma in the prostate gland, malignancy in the testicles or penis, malignant neoplastic diseases that have been or are being treated by stem cell implantation or bone marrow may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability?: Immune System Disorders
The impairments covered under the immune system disorders category can result from an acquired pathologic process, can be hereditary or can be congenital. They may result from toxic/metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, neoplastic diseases, degenerative processes or developmental or traumatic events. Conditions such as systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic vasculitis, systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), dermatomyositis and polymyositis, mixed and undifferentiated connective tissue disease, immune deficiency disorders (excludes HIV infection), human immunodeficiency virus infection, inflammatory arthritis or Sjogren's syndrome may qualify for Social Security Disability.
Just because you or someone you know may suffer from one of the above mentioned medical conditions does not mean that you or they will be approved for Social Security Disability. There are exceptions to every medical condition listed. If you feel that you would qualify, you should apply. If you get turned down, you are able to appeal that decision.
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