Digestive Disorders
A Social Security disability application may be denied for several reasons. Most often it is because the Social Security Administration (SSA) does not believe that the applicant's conditions qualify them for disability benefits. In order to qualify for Social Security disability payments, your condition must prevent you from working for at least one full year or is expected to result in your death.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) recognizes that a number of digestive disorders can qualify a person for Social Security disability benefits. Digestive disorders that the SSA specifically recognizes as potentially debilitating include:
Even if you do not have one of the digestive disorders listed, your disorder may be severe enough to prevent you from working and allow you to qualify for Social Security disability benefits.
Documenting Digestive Disorders
To build a strong case for Social Security disability benefits based on your digestive disorder, you will need to provide detailed medical information to the SSA. An experienced Social Security disability lawyer can help you put this information together to demonstrate your need for disability benefits. Documentation that can help establish the severity of your condition includes information such as the following:
- Images of your condition, such as x-rays, sonograms, CAT scans, MRI results, and radionuclide scans;
- Endoscopy and colonoscopy reports;
- Reports and notes from any surgeries for the condition;
- Laboratory reports, including results from blood tests, biopsies, and similar studies; and
- Information about treatments you have tried, any side effects, and the results.
Because the side effects of treatments for digestive disorders can also limit your ability to work, the SSA considers the side effects you are experiencing as part of its evaluation of your abilities.
Digestive disorders may or may not occur alone. Often, they occur along with other diseases, or the long-term effects of living with a digestive disorder cause other conditions, like chronic malnutrition or the inability to stay at a healthy weight. The SSA will consider how all your medical conditions, combined, affect your ability to work. Even if your digestive disorder alone is not enough to prevent you from working, you may still qualify for Social Security disability benefits if your digestive disorder along with other conditions you may have is enough to prevent you from working.
In order to receive the full amount of Social Security disability benefits to which you are entitled, you will need to build a strong case that accurately describes the extent and severity of your digestive disorder. To establish your case with the SSA, you should strongly consider hiring an experienced Social Security disability attorney. Missouri SSD lawyers have the legal resources and professional experience to handle the complexities of filing for Social Security disability, leaving you the time and energy you need to manage and treat your digestive disorder. To learn more about how an experienced attorney can help you, call Page Law today at (314) 322-8515 for a free and confidential consultation.
Additional Social Security Disability Information
- Digestive Disorders
- Disability Denial and Reconsideration
- Disability FAQ
- Heart Disorders
- Medicare/Medicaid
- Social Security Checks
- Social Security Disability
- Social Security FAQ
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Vision Disorders
