Social Security Benefits and Immune Deficiency Disability Claims
Children and adults are susceptible to immune deficiency disorders, especially genetic disorders. It is possible to obtain Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits as a child or an adult for many of these diseases or disorders. To do so, however, you must be able to classify your disease within one of the specific disorders named in the SSA's impairments listing.
Listed Immune Deficiency Disorders
Most immune deficiency disorders can be classified as primary or acquired. Primary (congenital) disorders include thymic hypoplasia (DiGeorge syndrome), severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency and X-linked agammaglobulinemia.
Acquired immune deficiency disorders, excluding HIV infection, are typically medication related, especially for people who have had organ or stem cell transplants. Infections are the most common complication and may include sepsis, meningitis, pneumonia, septic arthritis or endocarditis. To obtain SSD benefits, the infection must either be resistant to treatment or require hospitalization or intravenous treatment at least three times over 12 months.
Stem cell transplant and bone marrow transplant recipients may also experience graft-versus-host (GVH) disease or deterioration of other organ systems.
Symptoms of Immune Deficiency Disabilities or Disorders
Typical symptoms of an immune deficiency disorder include infection and severe fatigue, fever, malaise, chronic ear infection or involuntary weight loss. We will demonstrate that these symptoms significantly impair your daily living, social functioning or timely task completion due to lack of concentration, persistence or pace.
Immune deficiency disorders are one of the categories in the immune system disorders section of the SSA's listing of impairments. While it is generally easier to obtain Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits for listed impairments, most people still need an attorney's help.
Our New York Law Firm Has Experience With These Claims
The Social Security Administration (SSA) awards Social Security benefits based on your ability to perform your past relevant work or a different job. Your residual functional capacity, which the SSA defines as "the most you can still do despite your limitations," will be determined by reviewing medical evidence from appropriate physicians, lab results, other tests, diagnoses and response to treatment.
At Schwartzapfel Partners P.C., our experienced SSD benefits lawyers will gather and submit the information you need to make a comprehensive claim for disability benefits. We have helped many adults and children receive benefits for a variety of disabling medical conditions.
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Our attorneys know what type of medical evidence to submit to the SSA for immune deficiency disorder disability claims. Call law our office now toll free at 888-801-1914 or contact our SSD attorneys online. We offer free consultations and charge no attorneys fees unless we obtain money and benefits for you.
