Severe anxiety can certainly provide a basis for Social Security disability. Anxiety is among the SSA's listed impairments - please see listing 12.06.
I had a hearing last week for a claimant suffering from severe anxiety with agoraphobia. This claimant has been basically housebound by anxiety, and leaves the house only for doctor appointments. Her…
Lyme disease can certainly provide the basis for a successful Social Security disability claim. However, it can be a long road.
I saw a recent news story regarding a Connecticut man suffering from chronic Lyme disease, who is also struggling to have his Social Security disability claim granted. His story is all too common.
Chronic…
Severe depression or anxiety is often a component of a Social Security disability claim. For claims involving mental health, the Global Assessment of Functioning score assessed by your mental health provider can provide a convenient benchmark for the administrative law judge.
The GAF scale is Axis V of the multiaxial assessment used by mental health clinicians. The GAF score offers a…
Post-polio sequelae (also called post polio syndrome or PPS) are often disabling symptoms that occur in many polio survivors much later in life, about 35 years after the poliovirus attack. The symptoms may include overwhelming fatigue, muscle weakness, chronic muscle and joint pain, sleep disorders, as well as difficulty swallowing and breathing.
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Colorado Springs disability lawyer Tomasz Satasiuk has published an article on his Colorado Social Security Law blog entitled Should I see a specialist when applying for Social Security Disability?
Tomasz and I agree that the answer is: YES!
Depending upon your impairment, a specialist's opinion can be very important both for your medical care and…
From time to time I ask my clients to keep a journal, to keep track of their "good days" and "bad days" over a period of several months. For certain impairments, such a fibromyalgia, such a journal can be very helpful.
There is no listed impairment for fibromyalgia. So the case has to be decided…
