{"id":895,"date":"2014-07-30T19:26:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T19:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/?p=895"},"modified":"2023-09-11T11:30:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:30:15","slug":"social-security-common-conditions-epilepsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/blog\/social-security-common-conditions-epilepsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Security Common Conditions: Epilepsy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Estimates show there are more than 2 million Americans suffering from epilepsy. In one-third of those cases, there is no effective treatment, leaving victims to suffer uncontrollable disruptions of electrical signals traveling between neurons in the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Many epileptics are unable to work due of their medical conditions, but assistance is available through Social Security Disability that can act as a source of income. However, there are several standards that <strong><a href=\"\/\/www.lawyersforsocialsecurity.com\/epilepsy.php\">epilepsy disability<\/a><\/strong> cases must meet to qualify for benefits.<\/p>\n<p>First, patients must be undergoing treatment for their seizures. The <a href=\"\/\/www.socialsecurity.gov\/OP_Home\/rulings\/di\/01\/SSR87-06-di-01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Security Administration<\/a> says there must be an \u201congoing relationship\u201d between patients and the doctors treating them that shows a history of actively attempting to control the seizures. Furthermore,\u00a0 doctors must thoroughly document their efforts with notes and testing of the patient\u2019s anti-convulsant blood levels.<\/p>\n<p>Other than blood level testing, SSA policies are very broad in outlining what information is needed from doctors in order for epilepsy disability claims to be approved. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important to have a <strong><a href=\"\/\/www.lawyersforsocialsecurity.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Security Disability lawyer<\/a><\/strong> by your side if you&#8217;re seeking benefits from the SSA.<\/p>\n<p>At Newlin Disability, we can examine your case to clarify what documentation is needed for your claim. Call us anytime to discuss your case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estimates show there are more than 2 million Americans suffering from epilepsy. In one-third of those cases, there is no effective treatment, leaving victims to suffer uncontrollable disruptions of electrical signals traveling between neurons in the brain. Many epileptics are unable to work due of their medical conditions, but assistance is available through Social Security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5315,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions\/5315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}