More than 40 million adults in the United States experience anxiety-related symptoms like excessive nervousness and a sense of impending doom on an everyday basis. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder that prevents you from working, qualifying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) may offer some much-needed financial assistance.
However, getting anxiety disability benefits through the SSA is a difficult process because of the complicated federal regulations and the complex Social Security Disability (SSD) application process. Less than one-third of all applications for SSI and SSDI benefits received by the SSA get approved. Contacting a compassionate and experienced anxiety disability benefits lawyer at The Keener Law Firm can help meet the strict guidelines to prove your disability and other requirements to qualify for anxiety disability benefits.
An anxiety disability benefits lawyer at The Keener Law Firm has the knowledge and the expertise to give you the best opportunity to obtain the benefits you are entitled to receive. We can help avoid any mistakes that may turn fatal for your SSDI or SSI application.
The SSA maintains a Listing of Impairments, which is more commonly called the Blue Book, that contains several impairments considered severe enough to meet the definition of “disability” that it uses to review your application and determine whether you are disabled. Anxiety is listed in the Blue Book as an impairment.
The Listing of Impairments contains criteria that you must meet to win disability benefits for each impairment. For anxiety, the listing criteria is divided into three sections. It has three paragraphs of requirements that you must meet to win anxiety SSD benefits.
Even if you do not meet the listing criteria, you may still qualify for anxiety disability benefits through other requirements.
If you cannot meet the requirements for the Listing of Impairments, you may still qualify for disability benefits by proving that you suffer from a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that prevents you from engaging in substantial gainful activity. The impairment must have lasted for at least 12 months or be expected to last for at least 12 months or result in death.
You also must not be able to do any type of work that you did in the past, or any other work that is available to you. When you are evaluating your ability to do work other than what you have done in the past, consideration is given to factors such as your age, education, training, and the consequences of your medical condition.
If you have been diagnosed with anxiety, a knowledgeable and experienced anxiety disability benefits lawyer at The Keener Law Firm may help determine whether you qualify for anxiety Social Security Disability benefits. Contact us today for a free consultation and claim review.