Chronic kidney disease disability can prevent you from working and earning a living. Financial assistance is available through the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) programs in the form of chronic kidney disease disability benefits.
When you qualify for SSI and SSDI benefits, it also makes you eligible for health coverage through Medicare for beneficiaries of the SSDI program and Medicaid for beneficiaries of SSI benefits. However, the process to apply for and be approved for disability benefits takes a long time, and fewer than one-third of claimants receive approval after the initial application review.
Relying on a chronic kidney disease disability benefits lawyer at Disability Partners, PLLC, for help with your application ensures that it contains all the information to meet the eligibility requirements for either SSI or SSDI. If you already applied and received a denial of the claim, a disability lawyer can fight to overturn the denial through the disability appeal process.
Chronic kidney disease, which is also known as kidney failure, is characterized by a progressive loss of renal or kidney function. As the disease progresses, the organ, which filters blood, allows waste and excess fluids to build. This may cause development of other medical conditions, including:
As it progresses, chronic kidney disease can lead to diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Over the course of time, a person with chronic kidney disease may require dialysis or an organ transplant.
Impairment of renal or kidney function is included in the Listing of Impairments maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Some of the listed medical conditions involving the kidneys that are considered severe enough to qualify a person as disabled include:
Once you have a diagnosis from a physician supported by diagnostic testing, a chronic kidney disease disability benefits lawyer will determine whether your medical condition meets the criteria of the Listing of Impairments. However, the fact that your medical condition does not meet the listing criteria does not mean that you cannot qualify for benefits for chronic kidney disease disability.
If your medical condition is not listed or does not equal a listing impairment, you may qualify for benefits through a residual functional capacity (RFC) assessment. An RFC is a measure of your ability to perform work-related activities over the course of a workday given your physical impairment caused by chronic kidney disease.
Essentially, you must be unable to do the type of work you did in the past. If you cannot, then you must also be unable to adjust to any other type of work available in the national economy based upon the RFC and your age, education, work experience, skills, and training.
Disability Partners, PLLC, takes pride in its ability to help people throughout Minnesota get the disability benefits they need and deserve. If you have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, contact us to arrange a free consultation with a chronic kidney disease disability benefits lawyer.