subject: Stroke and Disability Payments: What You Need To Know [print this page] Stroke and Disability Payments: What You Need To Know
The effects of having a stroke may be memory difficulties, problems with coordination and function, and having difficulty navigating on a daily basis. Because of this, you may be eligible for social security disability benefit payments.
If you have recently had a stroke and then immediately applied for social security disability benefit payments, you may not get an immediate answer or you may possibly be rejected. Stroke and heart attack benefit claims can take much longer than normal disability benefit claims. Cases involving a stroke or a heart attack cannot be decided until at least three months after the date of having the stroke or heart attack. The Social Security Administration needs to know what your recovery will be after having a stroke. You may completely recover and have no need for social security disability benefit payments. There is no scientific technology that can immediately detect affects that you will have after having your stroke or heart attack. Time can only tell, which is why it can take so long to determine your social security disability claim if you have had a stroke.
Disability benefit payments for people who have had a stroke or heart attack are usually only awarded to those who are having serious problems and major difficulties after having the attack. The recovery outlook can be based on several factors such as age, previous medical history, and risk factors. About the only way you can be approved for social security disability benefits is if a doctor rules that you cannot return to your past work or perform a suitable type of work. This type of approval will take into consideration what kinds of jobs you have had in the past.
Your age plays a big factor in being approved or denied. The older you are, the more likely you will receive benefits. The younger you are, the more likely you can return to work with lighter tasks and be denied for disability benefit payments. Most social security disability and SSI claims are based on medical vocational allowance. Your claim may be approved if you meet the requirements that are listed in the impairment listing manual. Having a stroke is given consideration under neurological impairments. A claim for social security disability benefit payments for stroke victims is not decided based on diagnosis like other disabilities, but is decided on the victims' current level of functional restrictions and impairments, which can only be determined by doctors.
If for any reason you are denied for social security benefits and you feel as if you should have been approved, talk to a social security disability lawyer. Consult with them and see if you have a winning case. If the attorney believes that there is a chance you can win, your best route to take is to go ahead and hire a really good lawyer and appeal your case to be taken back in consideration. You are more likely to win with an attorney than without one.
