Norden Leacox Accident & Injury Law | February 6, 2025 | Personal Injury
Any type of disabling injury can lead to significant challenges for you and your family. Although there are many types of disabilities, all disabling injuries can limit your ability to enjoy life to the fullest or live independently. This includes being able to support yourself financially, leading some to file for disability benefits.
Over one million Social Security disability claims are filed each year. Benefits are available to those who are not able to fully support themselves through work due to some disabling condition or disorder. The most common reasons why individuals are awarded these benefits include the following:
1. Musculoskeletal Disabilities
Musculoskeletal disabilities include arthritis, back pain, and other conditions that affect the skeletal system and the muscles and ligaments that support it. Approximately 37 percent of all disability claims are for this type of disorder. Injuries to the musculoskeletal system frequently result from personal injury accidents.
2. Mood Disorders
Anxiety and depression are two common examples of mood disorders. These conditions can lead to persistent emotional states that impact a person’s daily life. These disorders account for 4.8 percent of disability claims.
3. Nervous System Conditions
A nervous system disorder impacts the messages and signals that travel from your brain to the other parts of your body and back again. Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis are examples of this type of condition. Sometimes, back injuries sustained in car accidents can also cause damage to the nervous system.
4. Intellectual Disabilities
Claims for disability benefits based on an intellectual disability like Down’s syndrome make up about one percent of all disability claims filed. An intellectual disability can make it challenging to learn and integrate new information, retain information, or communicate with others.
5. Circulatory System Disabilities
Your circulatory system delivers oxygenated blood throughout your body and removes waste products from your cells. Disabilities that affect this essential bodily system include arrhythmia, heart failure, and strokes. Approximately 11 percent of claims cite this type of disability.
6. Psychotic Disorders
Psychotic disorders like schizophrenia impact a person’s ability to perceive the world accurately. Someone with a psychotic disorder may hear voices or experience visual hallucinations. About two percent of all disability claims filed are for some psychotic disorder.
7. Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism accounts for approximately one-half of one percent of all disability claims filed. Someone with autism may experience developmental delays or have difficulty interacting with others. This can make it more challenging to hold down a job.
8. Neoplasms
Neoplasms are tumors, and these can either be cancerous or benign. Even non-cancerous tumors can potentially interfere with a person’s mobility, functioning, or ability to support themselves. Twelve percent of disability claims are due to neoplasms.
9. Neurocognitive Disorders
Neurocognitive disorders like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are conditions resulting in a decline in mental functioning that is not caused by a psychiatric condition. These conditions represent just over two percent of disability claims filed. Traumatic brain injuries can also cause neurocognitive disorders.
10. Other Disabilities
Other physical and mental conditions make up about 20 percent of disability claims. No matter the specific condition, these various disabilities and disorders significantly impair a person’s ability to work a full-time job and earn a living.
Disability Claims and Impairments
The body and mind can be affected in numerous ways that can dramatically impact your life. While Social Security disability benefits may be available to help offset some of the expenses associated with these conditions, they may fall far short of fully compensating a person. This is especially true when a disability is sustained in an injury accident.
Individuals who become unable to work or live independently because of another’s negligence should seek counsel from an experienced personal injury attorney. There may be other sources of compensation that can more fully address their long-term expenses and needs.
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