Sometimes, even though you had polio and recovered, the delayed effects of polio have now caused an obvious impairment.  The Social Security Administration will look at your  ability to move around, ability to walk, difficulty with swallowing, difficulty with breathing or problems with your speech.  [...]

These impairments are generally not rated severe enough to keep a claimant from working because of the successful treatments offered today. However, if you are suffering from serious problems with weakness, weight loss, night sweats, or serious mental problems related to HIV or AIDS these [...]

For some people, having cancer means an automatic approval for disability benefits.  Sometimes, the Social Security Administration will question a cancer case when they expect improvement after treatment. Even in these types of cases where improvement is expected, there may be complications or medical problems associated [...]

Chronic pain and can have severe effects upon your ability to concentrate and remember things. Chronic pain also affects your ability to socially interact with others. If you suffer from pain long enough it normally produces depression as a side effect of your main medical [...]

RSD is a very serious medical problem that can sometimes stem from a very minor original injury.  Normally, RSD affects an arm or a leg and can produce a great amount of pain.  Presently there is no adequate medical treatment for most cases.  Your doctor [...]

Psychological tests are key in proving this impairment.  People with autism have a problem with basic sorts of social interactions and communications.  Understanding body language or facial expressions is difficult.  Asperger’s syndrome is closely related to autism but may require more proof before the Social Security Administration [...]