Social Security Disability Law: News and Facts

Your mental residual functional capacity form documents what sort of work activities you can currently do. It documents which tasks you’re capable of doing regularly, despite your disability and related treatments (i.e., taking antidepressants or attending therapy sessions). The SSA reviews your mental residual functional capacity to determine whether you can perform previously held job tasks or any other, similar kind of work. In determining your mental residual functional capacity, the SSA looks at both medical and non-medical evidence. For medical issues, the agency reviews your condition’s history, test results, diagnoses, treatments, responses, symptoms and current prognosis. For non-medical issues, the SSA reads reports submitted by people who know you and your condition well, including how it affects your daily life. The mental residual functional capacity assessment helps the SSA determine if you are able to: -Complete tasks on a schedule -Understand, remember and complete inst...

It is very tough to get disability based on one mental health impairtment. It usually takes a combination of mental and physical impairments in order to be found disabled.  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be the basis for a successful Social Security disability claim, but it must be properly medically documented. In deciding whether you are disabled, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will consider your medical records, including hospital records and clinic notes from physicians, therapists, and counselors. You will likely need a RFC completed by your psychiatrist to help with your case.  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI), is an anxiety disorder that usually occurs after a person has been involved in a traumatic event, such as military combat, sexual assault, childhood abuse, a severe car accident, or a natural disaster. Those with PTSD commonly experience nightmares, flashbacks, or panic attacks that seriously interf...

Successfully becoming approved for either Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) with just an anxiety disorder is very challenging. In general mental disorders are difficult to prove. Many mental health issues can be controlled with medication or therapy. Most individuals who receive disability benefits for an anxiety disorder often have other disorders such as clinical depression , bipolar disorder, PTSD, or physical impairments. There are a few different types of anxiety disorders that are recognized by medical professionals. Even though each type has its own characteristics, they are all considered to be symptoms of anxiety. 1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) – This is the most common type and is characterized by non-specific persistent anxiousness and concern with everyday matters. 2. Panic Disorder – This type is characterized by brief attacks of terror and fear that occur frequently with no warning. Symptoms during an attack include t...