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Blog Category: Social Security Disability Medical Conditions
Who May Qualify for Social Security Disability on Mental Health Grounds?
How Does Social Security Evaluate Mental Functional Capacity?
My Spouse Had a Stroke. Are We Eligible for Social Security Benefits?
Can I Receive Social Security Disability Payments for My Respiratory Disorder?
When Can a Person With Heart Disease Receive Social Security Disability?
When Is Social Security Disability Available for Mental Health Issues?
When Do Cancer Patients Qualify for Social Security Disability?
Can a Social Security Disability Appeal Reweigh Medical Evidence?
How Is a Listing of Impairments Used in a Social Security Disability Case?
How Are Disability Cases Handled if There Is a Lack of Medical Evidence?
How Does Mental Illness Affect Eligibility for Disability Benefits?
How Should a Treating Source Physician’s Opinions Be Considered in a Disability Claim?
Can I Receive Disability Because of Problems with Concentration?
Can Social Security Reject a Disability Claim Based on an Interpretation of Medical Tests?
When Can Social Security Reject the Views of My Treating Physicians in a Disability Case?
What Happens When Social Security Ignores All of the Available Medical Evidence?
How Many Times Is Social Security Allowed to Ignore Medical Evidence?
Assessing the Impact of Your Mental Disability on Workplace Productivity
Does Having the Occasional “Good Day” Prove That My Mental Disorder Is Not a Disability?
Are Subjective Complaints Regarding My Symptoms Enough to Receive Disability Benefits?
Why Your Lifting Ability Matters When Applying for Disability Benefits
Can Social Security Ignore the Opinions of a Podiatrist Because She Is Not a “Medical Doctor?”
Social Security Does Not Always Base Disability Decisions on the Actual Medical Evidence
When Is a “Consultant's” View of a Medical Condition More Credible a Doctor in a Disability Case?
Addressing the “Severity” of a Person's Fibromyalgia in a Disability Case
What If Social Security Thinks My Condition Is Intermittent?
The Reasons Why a Social Security Judge Is Not Allowed to “Play Doctor”
Social Security Often Falls Short in Assessing Depression and Anxiety Claim
The Difference Between “Impairments” and “Symptoms” in Disability Cases
What Does It Mean for Social Security to Give “Some Weight” to My Doctor's Opinions?
Does Morbid Obesity Qualify a Person for Disability Benefits?
Will Social Security Ignore the Opinions of My Surgeon in Assessing My Disability Claim?
Does a Low IQ Score Qualify a Person for Disability Benefits?
What Happens When Social Security Disagrees with My Alleged Onset Date?
Social Security Continues to Fall Short When Considering CPP Limitations
What Happens When Doctors Cannot Agree on the Cause of My Disability?
How Using a Cane Affects Your Ability to Receive Disability Benefits
Can I Qualify for Disability Benefits Even If My Doctors Don't Know Exactly What Is Wrong With Me?
Can I Collect Disability Benefits from both Social Security and State of Illinois?
The Dangers of Letting Social Security “Fill in the Gaps” When It Comes to Medical Evidence
Can Social Security Ignore My Psychiatrist's Diagnosis of My Mental Disorders?
Social Security Continues to Have Problems with “Concentration, Persistence, and Pace”
“Concentration, Persistence, and Pace” and Disability Benefits
Accounting for Medical Impairments When Assessing a Disability Claim
What Happens if Social Security Disregards My Medical Evidence?
Will Social Security Second-Guess My Decision to Decline a Surgical Procedure?
What Happens If Social Security Accuses Me of Faking a Mental Disorder?
Will Social Security Ignore Evidence of My Depression and Suicidal Thoughts?
Does Social Security Review a Disability Applicant's Entire Medical History?
Seeking Disability Benefits for PTSD, Depression, and Related Mental Disorders
Does Chronic Pain Due to Fibromyalgia Qualify Me for Disability?
Does Chronic Pain Qualify Me for Social Security Disability Benefits?
5 Things to Know About Social Security Disability Insurance and Arthritis
How Arthritis Affects Your Residual Functional Capacity to Work
How Do I Prove to Social Security That My Arthritis Is a Disability?
Can Arthritis Qualify Me for Social Security Disability Benefits?
5 Things You Need to Know About Depression and Social Security Disability
Major Depressive Disorder and Your Inability to Return to Work
Does Social Security Rely on Inaccurate Vocational Statistics?
Determining the Onset of Disability for Social Security Purposes
Questioning the Value of “Vocational Experts” in Disability Cases
Mental Disorders May Entitle You to Social Security Disability Benefits
Social Security Disability Benefits and the Sit-Stand Option