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Types of Social Security

Acquired Brain Injury
Acquired Brain Injury

Acquired Brain Injury. It is not unheard of for individuals through the course of their life to be in an accident that results in some type and degree of injury to the head and /or brain. When an injury occurs to the brain after birth, it is called an acquired brain injury or may also be known as brain damage.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism - Condition. Autism Spectrum Disorder ... but early diagnosis and treatment can help to manage the disorder. Filing for Social Security Disability with an ...

Intellectual Disability
Intellectual Disability

This category does not include the mental disorders that we evaluate under intellectual disorder (12.05), autism spectrum disorder (12.10), and neurodevelopmental disorders (12.11). Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders (12.03).

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Mental Health Conditions
Mental Health Conditions

We will consider all relevant medical evidence about your disorder from your physician, psychologist, and other medical sources, which include health care providers such as physician assistants, psychiatric nurse practitioners, licensed clinical social workers, and clinical mental health counselors.

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Musculoskeletal Problems, Such as Back Injuries
Musculoskeletal Problems, Such as Back Injuries

1.00 Musculoskeletal System. A. Disorders of the musculoskeletal system may result from hereditary, congenital, or acquired pathologic processes. Impairments may result from infectious, inflammatory, or degenerative processes, traumatic or developmental events, or neoplastic, vascular, or toxic/metabolic diseases.

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Physical Disability
Physical Disability

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide benefits based on disability: the Social Security disability insurance program (title II of the Social Security Act (Act)) and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program (title XVI of the Act).

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Respiratory Illnesses, Such as COPD or Asthma
Respiratory Illnesses, Such as COPD or Asthma

Examples of such disorders and the listings we use to evaluate them include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (chronic bronchitis and emphysema, 3.02), pulmonary fibrosis and pneumoconiosis (3.02), asthma (3.02 or 3.03), cystic fibrosis (3.04), and bronchiectasis (3.02 or 3.07).

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Vision Impairment
Vision Impairment

To qualify for Social Security disability or SSI on the basis of a vision impairment, there are three listings in the Social Security Administration's impairment listing manual that apply to most claims involving loss of vision.

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