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List of Disabilities that Could Qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) & Medicaid Thereby Necesitating a Special Needs Trust
[Keep in mind that government benefits are based on income (the ability to work) and assets ($2000 upper limit, excluding most home furnishings & other specific items, i.e. a vehicle, etc.). Therefore a person with a disability may not qualify although he possesses one
of the disabilities listed below.]
Under the rules of the Social Security Administration, a "disability" means:
"An inability to perform substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment, or combination of impairments, which has lasted or is expected to last at least 12 consecutive months, or end in death, taking into account the individual's age, education, and work history.
To qualify under this definition, you typically must be unable to engage in "work for pay", and you must have a doctor's opinion that you are presently disabled, with some manner of evidence (preferably a medical treatment history) to document the duration of the disability."
Potentially Qualifying Disabilities
- Amputation
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Back Injuries
- Back Pain
- Bipolar Disorder
- Brain Injury
- Brain Tumors
- Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic Colitis
- Degenerative Disk Disease
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Down Syndrome
- Facet Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Heart Problems
- Hemodialysis
- Hemorrhaging
- Hepatitis
- Herniated Disk
- Herniated Nucleus
- Hip Replacement
- HIV
- Kidney Transplant
- Liver Disease
- Loss Of Speech
- Lupus
- Mental Health Disabilities
- Motor Function Issues
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Pulposuspinal Arachnoiditis
- Schizophrenia
- Social Phobias
- Spinal Arachnoiditis
- Spinal Injuries
- Spinal Stenosis, Osteoarthritis
- Vertebral Fracture
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