The official Social Security Administration website has a list of ailments and medical conditions that are considered a full disability. There is no gray area with these diagnoses, and anyone who has them is able to receive full Social Security compensation that is far removed from any insurance, worker’s compensation, or other more short-term oriented payments.
This is perhaps the only obvious area of black and white on the Social Security Administration website. What is declared a disability and what is not is a surprising gray way when it is outside this predetermined list of ailments. A Social Security Disability Attorney in Port St. Lucie FL explores the gray area and finds coverage for people that do not sit in an obvious area of black or white.
What is Murky About Social Security?
Social security is only paid for a condition considered a full disability. That means an individual cannot realistically return to work or their condition will last over a year and, potentially, result in death. On the surface, this hardly seems “murky” at all. But, the reality is that compensation is conditional on some factors and not necessarily guaranteed. Total disability is not black and white and is assessed after a detailed review. Sometimes, it may not seem fair or favorable and this is where a Social Security Disability Attorney in Port St. Lucie FL can enter the picture. The murkiness comes from assessing the whole condition: is it enough to be considered “total?”
Defining Total
Social security is only for a full disability and accounts for people unable to do other types of work. This is something that may add some ambiguity to the matter, for some conditions could be debilitating in certain fields but not in others. It would depend on what the person does for their main career. Not only must the disability force them to not work in their current job but realistically forces them to not do any job. This is a huge leap. It almost only applies to mental conditions, in reality, and this is where the definition of total gets quite murky.
Contact the Social Security disability attorneys of Matheson, Horowitz & Devonmille for a case review. Is there suspicion of a bad claim in Social Security? Is their definition of total unreasonable?
