If you are disabled and unable to work because of a heart disease, the last thing you need is the stress and anxiety brought on by financial hardship. A solution to financial concerns may be heart disease disability benefits available from the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Successfully getting through the application process for benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs is not easy. Fewer than one-third of applications for disability benefits receive approvals at the conclusion of the initial review process.
A heart disease disability benefits lawyer from Disability Partners, PLLC, ensures that your application meets the eligibility requirements and has the medical evidence to support it. If you applied for benefits for a heart disease disability and were denied, we will challenge the denial through the disability appeal process.
In order to qualify for benefits because of a heart disease disability, you must be disabled according to the definition used by the SSA. You must be unable to work because of a medically determinable impairment that has lasted or is expected to last for at least 12 months or be expected to result in death.
One step in the application review process to determine whether you qualify for heart disease disability benefits is to determine whether your condition is included in the Listing of Impairments maintained by the SSA. The listings contain medical conditions for different systems of the body that meet the disability definition as severe enough to qualify for disability benefits through SSI or SSDI.
Some of the listed medical conditions of the heart include the following:
There are many diseases, conditions and disorders affecting heart function that are not included in the Listing of Impairments that may cause you to be unable to perform work activities, such as walking, lifting, climbing stairs, and standing.
If the SSA determines that your medical condition is not one contained in the Listing of Impairments, a heart disease disability lawyer can help. When you do not meet the listing criteria, a residual functional capacity (RFC) will be done to determine how the physical limitations of heart disease affect your performance in the work setting.
The RFC is used to determine whether you can do any type of relevant work that you did in the past. If you cannot do past work, the RFC is used along with your age, education, and training to determine whether you can adjust to doing any other type of work. You are disabled if your heart disease disability prevents you from doing past work and adjusting to other types of available work.
If heart disease disability prevents you from working, help is available at Disability Partners, PLLC. A free consultation with our heart disease disability benefits lawyer will provide you with advice and representation to apply for benefits or appeal an adverse determination by the SSA on your claim.