Category: Social Security Disability Benefits for Illness

Social Security is aware that some conditions can severely impede your ability to work and even care for yourself. As a result, they have put together a compassionate allowance list of conditions that allows you to receive approval for Social Security Disability benefits sooner than people with other conditions.

Is Social Security a Disability? Social Security does not consider alcoholism in itself a disability. However, alcohol consumed in large amounts over a long period of time, can affect the body in a number of negative ways and lead to conditions that Social Security recognizes as disabling.

There are many diseases that researchers continue to struggle over. These diseases often have yet to be linked to a cause and as yet, lack any kind of cure or effective treatment. For people in Laurel, Maryland, who struggle with these disabling diseases, it can be a frustrating challenge....

Many people in Laurel and the state of Maryland suffer from fibromyalgia. According to the National Institutes of Health, it is unknown what causes fibromyalgia but it is considered a real condition that causes people pain and suffering. People who are diagnosed with it often experience a myriad of symptoms...

Bipolar disorder and clinical depression can look very similar, even to mental health experts. Both frequently involve patients experiencing periods of despair and extreme sadness. But the treatments are different; antidepressants are not effective for bipolar disorder, which also typically causes periods of mania in patients. Thus, doctors need...

When American workers suffer an illness or injury that puts them out of work for a year or more, our nation's Social Security disability programs can be crucial. The Social Security Disability Insurance program, for example, is much like private long-term disability insurance in that you've been paying premiums (in the form...

Imagine that you have a medical condition that results in negative symptoms like entire body pain, intense fatigue or disordered thinking. Individuals who suffer from serious medical diseases or conditions like lupus, fibromyalgia and bipolar disorder may have difficulty getting out of bed in the morning, performing normal everyday tasks and participating...

Imagine experiencing a pounding headache that forces you to hide indoors for several days per month. For individuals who suffer from chronic migraines, extreme sensitivity to light and sound coupled with nausea and vision problems often interfere with their ability to participate in normal everyday activates. Consequently, not only do the personal...

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, an estimated 25 percent of people in the U.S. "experience mental illness in a given year." For those individuals with chronic conditions like major depression, generalized anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder; attempting to cope with the varied adverse symptoms they experience can be exhausting...

Imagine waking after getting several hours of sleep and still feeling exhausted and feeling pain radiate throughout one's body with no apparent cause. For an estimated five million U.S. adults, painful and disruptive symptoms like headaches, widespread pain and fatigue are unfortunately something experienced on a daily basis. In many cases, an...