Injuries and Disabilities That Qualify for Benefits

The SSA has strict eligibility requirements for disability benefits. To obtain Social Security disability benefits, you must meet the SSA’s criteria for disability by first showing that you have a “severe” medical impairment. A “severe” impairment is an impairment or combination of impairments that significantly limits your physical or mental abilities to perform basic work activities.

The disability attorneys at Gade & Parekh, LLP have extensive experience working with clients who have a wide range of medical issues, physical and mental, which prevent them from maintaining full-time employment. We have extensive knowledge in understanding medical conditions and identifying the necessary medical evidence needed to win your case.

We have represented individuals with medical conditions such as:

• Musculoskeletal injuries and disabilities. This can include joint problems, carpal tunnel syndrome, orthopedic fractures, and medical conditions resulting from leg, knee, hip, ankle, shoulder, back, and neck injuries. We have also handled claims for musculoskeletal neuropathies and repetitive motion injuries affecting the musculoskeletal system.
• Sensory processing conditions and disabilities. This includes any impairment of the senses, such as hearing or vision loss, the requirement of cornea implants, loss of speech, vision problems from cataracts, chronic tinnitus, and other sensory conditions.
• Respiratory conditions. These include any medical condition affecting the lungs, such as respiratory failure, lung transplants, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and asthma.
• Cardiovascular problems. These include medical conditions of the heart and circulatory systems, such as congestive heart failure, aneurysm, peripheral arterial disease, chronic venous insufficiency, congenital heart disease, and deep venous thrombosis.
• Gastrointestinal disorders, such as inflammatory bowel syndrome, chronic liver disease, liver transplant, or gastrointestinal hemorrhaging.
• Genitourinary disorders like nephrotic syndrome or chronic kidney disease.
• Blood disorders. These can include bone marrow disorders, thrombosis and hemostasis, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and various other hematological diseases and conditions.
• Endocrine disorders. These include conditions affecting the various gland systems of the body such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, pancreatic disorders, adrenal gland disorders, pituitary gland disorders, diabetic ketoacidosis, and thyroid conditions.
• Skin conditions, including severe burns, ichthyosis, dermatitis, skin sensitivity disorders, bullous diseases, chronic skin infections, or skin conditions resulting from congenital or hereditary disorders.
• Immune system disorders, such as scleroderma, inflammatory arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, mixed connective tissue disorder, systemic vasculitis, Sjogren’s syndrome, and HIV.
• Neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord disorders, Huntington’s disease, stroke, cerebral palsy, occipital neuralgia, cerebrovascular injury, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, or neuropathy, including peripheral neuropathy.
• Mental disorders, including schizoaffective conditions, psychotic disorders, explosive personality disorders, autism spectrum disorder, neurocognitive disorders, somatic symptom disorders, eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa, impulse-control disorders, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorders, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and trauma-related mental conditions.
• Cancer of the bladder, prostate, breasts, testicles, thyroid, lungs, stomach, pancreas, skin, or other parts of the body. Leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and melanoma also qualify.
• Other conditions including Lyme disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic migraines, Ehlers Danlos syndrome, and sleep apnea.

If you or a loved one has one or more of these conditions, or another severe medical impairment not listed here, you may qualify for Social Security benefits. If you intend to file a claim for benefits with the SSA, you must know what you need to submit with your claim, what to expect from the claim review process, and the value an experienced California disability attorney can add