Social Security Disability Law: News and Facts

You survived the initial COVID-19 infection and you’ve tested negative for the virus. Yet, you continue to have symptoms that significantly impact your life. Your doctor has identified you as a COVID-19 long-hauler, and you may be eligible for Social Security disability benefits. Millions of  COVID-19 patients have become long-haulers. So far, researchers don’t know why some people suffer from long COVID-19 and other people make full recoveries. Everyone who contracts COVID-19 is at risk of becoming a long-hauler. It doesn’t matter how old you are, whether you had a mild corona virus infection or you were hospitalized with severe illness, or whether you have underlying conditions. Some of the ongoing symptoms experienced by COVID-19 long-haulers include: -Brain fog. Many COVID-19 long-haulers experience brain fog. Brain fog can be debilitating and make a person confused, forgetful, or unable to concentrate. -Coughing and shortness of breath. Some people with long COVID-19 continue ...

Right now, the Social Security Administration is flagging and monitoring potential COVID-19 disabilities. However, if you are a COVID-19 long-hauler, you still need to prove that you have a total disability. Specifically, you will need to prove that you: Worked long enough to qualify for Social Security disability benefits. The exact number of work credits that you need depends on your age. Have a medical condition that will prevent you from working for at least 12 months or is expected to be fatal. You can prove this in a variety of ways. For example, your COVID-19-related disability may meet the requirements of a listing in the Blue Book Listing of Impairments. Alternatively, your condition may be equal in severity to a Blue Book listing or be severe enough to prevent you from working. You are unable to work in any jobs you have performed in the past 15 years; and any other work that you may be able to perform based on your age category.  It can be challenging to get the disa...

Covid-19 is going to effect millions of people for a long time. Long-Haulers is not a myth. People are going to have physical pain, mental pain and doctors are going to have to research how to treat so many different scenarios.    Back to normal? Psychologists warn the pandemic could have lasting effects (nbcnews.com)

This is an interesting article on the response a person gets after being diagnosed with Covid-19 and than later receiving the vaccine. Some long-haulers have started to have relief after getting the vaccine.    Antibody Responses in Seropositive Persons after a Single Dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine | NEJM

This should be helpful. I am starting to see people with long-haulers start to apply for Social Security Disability because they are having to many medical problems to return to work. #health #medicine #disability #ssd https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-05-07/cdc-to-release-clinical-guidance-on-identifying-managing-long-covid If you need helping applying for Social Security Disability or SSI, please contact me at joshben99@gmail.com. I have over 20 years experience with Social Security Disability cases.