Arthritis disability and Social Security benefits

Arthritis is one of the major causes of disability among Americans. If you are suffering from any arthritis related disability, you can qualify for getting benefits from Social Security administration to support your future. The Social Security administration uses an evaluation process to determine your condition and if you are eligible, you will get payments from the Social Security administration managed by the US government. The evaluation of disability in arthritis patients is a sequential process and Social Security administration, demands certain criteria to quality for the benefits, in all kinds of arthritis related disabilities.

The steps in the sequential evaluation process by the Social Security administration are

• According to the definition of Social Security administration, a person is not eligible for compensation if he is earning more than what his disability condition permits him to earn.

• According to Social Security administration, the disability period should be at least one year and the disability should completely prevent the claimer from working.

• According to Social Security administration, there is a list of medical conditions, to determine the causes leading to disability and subsequent non performance of an individual at work. The Social Security has listed 13 important conditions in its listing and it is again divided into 150 different categories. If your arthritis disability includes among the listed medical conditions, defined under the Social Security administration, you are eligible for compensation.

• The eligible disabilities resulting from arthritis for compensation are listed in the category, musculoskeletal body system definition of the Social Security administration.

• According to Social Security administration, a person is eligible for payments, if he is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, an inflammatory arthritis condition, he should be suffering from continuous swelling, limitation in movements of joints and pain.

• According to Social Security administration, the pain and non mobility of body parts in inflammatory arthritis are hips, elbow, knees, wrists, ankles, hands and knees.

• According to Social Security administration, degenerative arthritis conditions such as osteoarthritis, if leading to disability such as significant limitations in using one’s hands and arms, or the normal walking of an individual, preventing him from work are eligible for benefits. The listed category of Social Security includes neck or back problems and problems associated with motor and reflex sense loses.