Source: Move Against Migraine – American Migraine Foundation
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Migraines may be a basis for filing for Social Security Disability. If they cause you to miss more than 2 days of work per month, or you have to take extended breaks, then you may be found disabled.
Attorneys representing veterans seeking Social Security disability benefits say a new agency rule could make it more difficult for claimants to get federal aid.
Source: Veteran survives crash, stroke, heart attack, but denied benefits | WBIR.com
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Does not make much sense to ignore the findings of another federal agency regarding limitations due to physical and mental conditions. This will most likely be challenged in Federal Court.
There is also a mandatory five-month waiting period to even start receiving benefits, even after a person gets their established onset date.
Source: Floridians wait for more than 2 years for disability hearing
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Illinois is a little better, but not by much. The Peoria, Illinois Hearing office reports they have over 5200 cases waiting for a hearing. It is also taking longer to get a written decision from the Judge because SSA does not have enough lawyers to write the decisions.
Social Security reports that in 2016 it took an average of 58 days for an Administrative Law Judge to issue a decision in a disability case.
In 2017 the average time has increased to 78 days.
Most likely due to not enough staff attorneys to write up the decisions.
Most everything will suffer due to inadequate budget for SSA.
It currently takes approximately 2.5 years to get a Social Security Disability hearing and an additional 78 days to find out whether or not you are disabled.
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, recently submitted to Congress, included some changes to the Social Security Disability Insurance program that had been recommended a few years ago in the bipartisan
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Many of these approaches have been tried for years. Such as vocational assistance and reviewing people periodically for medical improvement.