List of Social Security Disability Impairments

Medical or mental disability can be awarded for any of the following conditions

• Musculoskeletal problems including fractures, poorly healed bone breaks, soft tissue injuries, spinal arachnoiditis, arthritis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, hip, neck, shoulder, ankle, wrist, back, or other joint problems, disc herniation, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, scoliosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, plantar fasciitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, low back pain, RSI or repetitive stress injury
• Endocrine related problems including diabetes (type I diabetes, type II diabetes), diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, diabetes related kidney nephropathy, thyroid problems including hypothyroid disorder, hyperthyroid disorder
• Autoimmune disorders including MS (multiple sclerosis), autoimmune hepatitis, type I diabetes (an autoimmune condition), ankylosing spondylitis, coeliac disease, endometriosis, Addison’s disease, grave's disease, narcolepsy, lupus, interstitial cystitis, sjogren's syndrome, vasculitis, vitiligo, Wegner's granulomatosis, polymyositis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Cardiovascular related conditions such as heart attack (heart attacks are gauged according to how they resolve three months post), arrhythmia (including tachycardia, bradycardia and murmur), ischemic coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure (termed by social security as "chronic" heart failure), cardiohypertrophy (englargement of the heart), cardiomyopathy, heart valve disease, congenital heart defect, blocked artery, cyanosis, syncope, peripheral artery disease (a.k.a peripheral vascular disease), chest pain (angina), cardiovascular disease related to high blood pressure, chronic venous insufficiency, aortic aneurysm (possibly involving renal kidney failure)
• Neurological conditions such as stroke, coordination, strength, and speech deficits resulting from strokes, epilepsy a.k.a. seizure disorder (including petite mal seizures and grand mal seizures), lyme disease (neurological deficits are one aspect of lymes), TBI or traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease), myasthenia gravis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral trauma (head injury), migraines, cluster headaches
• Digestive system impairments including Wilson's disease, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), peptic ulcer, esophageal varices, ascites, ulcerative colitis, regional enteritis, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, liver disease, pancreatitis, Crohn's disease Genito-urinary impairments such as kidney disease, kidney problems, dialysis, kidney transplant, nephrotic syndrome, ESRD or end stage renal disease
• Mood related disorders including bipolar disorder (previously known as manic depression and termed by the social security administration as bipolar syndrome, a subset of mood disorders) and depression in all its various forms, such as mild depression, major depression, and dysthymia (The mental disability definition is no different from that for physical impairment cases. Social Security mental disorders, alleged on a claim, may require a consultative mental exam, i.e. a social security mental evaluation, to determine benefits)
• Anxiety related disorders including PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), generalized anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, and panic attacks
• Vision related problems such as low vision, poor peripheral vision (contraction of peripheral fields), decreased visual acuity, macular degeneration, statutory blindness, loss of visual efficiency, and diabetic retinopathy
• Hearing and speech impairments including hearing not restorable by a hearing aid, inner ear problems (vertigo, Meniere's disease), and loss of speech
• Respiratory impairments including COPD, emphysema, asthma and asthma attacks, bronchitis, pneumothorax, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary vasculitis, cystic fibrosis, sleep apnea, cor pulmonale, pneumoconiosis, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, sarcoidosis
• Hemic and lymphatic problems including lymph edema, chronic anemia, sickle cell diease, polycythemia, lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma, aplastic anemia
• Skin disorders such as exfoliative dermatitis, hidradentitis supparativa, psoriasis, exema, pemphigus
• Conditions for which the etiology is unclear such as fibromyalgia, chronic pain, chronic fatigue
• Mental conditions, mental illness, and mental disorders including borderline intellectual functioning, low IQ, mental retardation, learning disability, personality disorder, schizo-affective disorder, schizophrenia, somatoform disorder, autism, Asperger's syndrome, down syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), memory loss, nerves
• Hiv and Aids
• Neoplastic disorders such as cancer of the throat, cancer of the larynx, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, skin cancer, cancer of the thyroid, Hodgkin's disease, sarcoma, malignant melanoma, lung cancer, cancer of the stomach or esophagus, prostate cancer, intestinal cancer, bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, testicular and uterine cancer

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