Social Security Disability

Cancer and Social Security Disability

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Social Security does not automatically approve you for disability even if you suffer from cancer.

You still must prove that you are unable to work a full time job in order to be found disabled.

The process for obtaining Social Security Disability is the same whether you have cancer or any other disease.

The first step is to apply for benefits.

You cannot get disability until you apply.

Social Security wants you to apply for benefits on their website.

The second step is to have Social Security review your medical records.

When you have cancer this includes your cancer treatment doctor’s records.

Social Security will look at the stage of your cancer and the treatments you are required to undergo.

It will also be important for your doctor to explain how your treatments effect your energy level, whether it causes nausea, and other side effects.

The doctor should also provide information regarding your prognosis and the extent and nature of treatment you will need in the future.

It will be difficult for you to work if you be sick more than 1 day per month, or will be off task more than 20 percent of the work day.

Your doctor will help you immensely if she can explain why you will be absent from work due to the cancer treatment, or why you will not be able to focus consistently throughout the work day.

Questions about disability? Feel free to contact Illinois Social Security Disability Attorney Dirk May with Williams and Swee at 309-827-4371.

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Social Security Disability

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Some people with conditions such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome find it difficult to win their Social Security Disability case.

Part of the problem is that the Judges like clear, easily diagnosed, and treatable conditions.

This is certainly not the situation with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.

These conditions are misunderstood and some Social Security Judges like to characterize those who suffer with them as lazy, unwilling to work with a little pain and fatigue, and mentally impaired complainers to a certain extent.

Some new medical news may help those with chronic fatigue syndrome.

A group of doctors has issued a report detailing and renaming chronic fatigue. It has been renamed as Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease or SEID.

They estimate 860,000 to 2.5 million suffer from SEID.

The new definition for children and adults focuses on profound fatigue lasting at least 6 months, total exhaustion after minimal physical or mental exertion, unrefreshing sleep, and brain fog or cognitive impairment.

There is no definitive test for the diagnosis of SEID, however, the new definition provides a short list of symptoms to observe and this should be helpful for Social Security Disability hearings.

If you suffer from SEID you should make your doctor aware of this new report.

Hopefully it will open eyes in the medical community and in the circle of Social Security Disability Judges.

Questions about your Social Security Disability case? Feel free to contact Illinois Social Security Disability Lawyer Dirk May with Williams and Swee at 309-827-4371.

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You must disclose to Social Security and Workers’ Compensation if you are working. Social Security rules allow you to work part time with income limits. However, you must report your income to the authorities when asked.