WHICH CONDITIONS WIN SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS?



The charts above represent the types of disabilities that Social Security awards the most benefits for.  The largest category is muscuoskeletal impairments at 33.8%.  Mental impairments are the second largest category at 19.3%.  The types of mental impairments  are broken down in the second chart.  Of all mental impairments award benefits by Social Security, mood disorders make up the largest cause at 10.2%.

 Keep in mind that these numbers represent only Social Security's experience with claims in 2011.  They do not predict the chances of winning a claim based on any particular impairment.  For instance, the fact that 33.8% of all awards were for musuloskeletal problems, that does not imply that your chance of winning a claim based on musuloskeletal problems is only 33.8%.  It probably does imply that Social Security saw more claims for musuloskeletal impairments than for any other type condition.

 I continue to advise clients that it is nearly impossible to put a number on the odds of winning any particular claim.  Each claim is unique in some way and different from all others.  If you win your claim you have a 100% success rate, no matter how many others were denied or approved.  I believe you can usually place particular Social Security claims into such categories as "excellent chance, average chance, or poor chance."  Even that speculation sometimes yields surprising results.

 The Forsythe Firm represents claimants trying to obtain Social Security disability or SSI benefits.  To contact us for a free evaluation of your claim, please call (256) 799-0297 or visit us on the web.
There's no fee for our service unless you win and collect a back pay settlement.

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