Many people in Ohio think of a disability in terms of an illness or injury that interferes with a person's physical ability to work. Fortunately, the Social Security Administration ("SSA") takes a much broader view of the concept of "disability/" Persons suffering...
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Social Security Disability Benefits For Mental Conditions
Can a person get disability benefits for PTSD?
Social security disability benefits are available to any Ohio resident who is prevented from working by a mental or physical injury or condition. As doctors expand their understanding of the human psyche, a number of mental conditions have been added to the list of...
Consultative Examinations for SSDI and intellectual disorders
Over the past few months, this blog has gone into some of the specifics that the Social Security Administration requires when it requests a Consultative Examination (CE) for an individual applying for Social Security Disability Insurance on the basis of a mental...
What are the components of a consultative evaluation for SSDI?
About a month ago we discussed some of the information that a treating physician in Ohio might give to the Social Security Administration (SSA) after completing a Consultative Evaluation (CE.) This evaluation is sometimes requested by the SSA when the application for...
What info does a doctor provide after a CE for mental illness?
We have previously discussed the possibility of Ohio applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income being sent for a Consultative Evaluation by the Social Security Administration. This generally happens when there is not enough...
Ohioans with mental illness need to get help
It is an unfortunate fact that Ohio, like the rest of the United States, tends to have an inadequate system for the treatment of mental illness, especially for those individuals who are economically disadvantaged. Many of the people most in need of mental health...
How does SSA analyze SSDI applications based on Down’s Syndrome?
We have previously discussed several types of physical and mental conditions which may result in an Ohio resident being unable to work and how the Social Security Administration may look at applications for Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security...
What is a ‘Function Report’ in terms of SSDI in Ohio?
When this blog has discussed Social Security Disability Insurance benefits previously, it has touched on the fact that often disability applications based on mental conditions or illnesses are more difficult to prove than those based on physical conditions. One reason...
What is an affective disorder in terms of Social Security?
Previously, this blog has touched on the way the Social Security Administration's so-called blue book lists the various symptoms and evidence necessary to establish that an individual in Ohio is disabled for the purposes of securing Social Security Disability...
Does a substance addiction qualify one for disability in Ohio?
There can be no doubt that many families in Ohio and around the nation have had to deal with the problems that accompany drug or alcohol abuse and addiction. While those who struggle with addiction to substances may be regarded by some as lacking willpower and...