If
you are suffering from any arthritis related disability, you can
qualify for getting benefits from Social Security administration to
support your future.
Arthritis
is one of the major causes of disability among Americans. If you are
suffering from any arthritis related disability, you can qualify for
getting benefits from Social
Security
administration to support your future. The Social Security
administration uses an evaluation process to determine your condition
and if you are eligible, you will get payments from the Social
Security administration managed by the US government. The evaluation
of disability in arthritis patients is a sequential process and
Social Security administration, demands certain criteria to quality
for the benefits, in all kinds of arthritis related disabilities.
The
steps in the sequential evaluation process by the Social Security
administration are
According
to the definition of Social Security administration, a person is not
eligible for compensation
if he is earning more than what his disability condition permits him
to earn.
According
to Social Security administration, the disability period should be
at least one year and the disability should completely prevent the
claimer from working.
According
to Social Security administration, there is a list of medical
conditions, to determine the causes leading to disability and
subsequent non performance of an individual at work. The Social
Security has listed 13 important conditions in its listing and it is
again divided into 150 different categories. If your arthritis
disability includes among the listed medical conditions, defined
under the Social Security administration, you are eligible for
compensation.
The
eligible disabilities resulting from arthritis for compensation are
listed in the category, musculoskeletal body system definition of
the Social Security administration.
According
to Social Security administration, a person is eligible
for payments,
if he is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, an inflammatory
arthritis condition, he should be suffering from continuous
swelling, limitation in movements of joints and pain.
According
to Social Security administration, the pain and non mobility of body
parts in inflammatory arthritis are hips, elbow, knees, wrists,
ankles, hands and knees.
According
to Social Security administration, degenerative arthritis conditions
such as osteoarthritis, if leading to disability such as significant
limitations in using one’s hands and arms, or the normal walking
of an individual, preventing him from work are eligible for
benefits. The listed category of Social Security includes neck or
back problems and problems associated with motor and reflex sense
loses.
