Diabetes is when the body doesn’t produce enough insulin to process glucose. Symptoms of both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes include: frequent urination, unusual thirst and hunger and extreme fatigue. Those with type 2 diabetes can also suffer from tingling or numbness in the hands and feet, frequent infections and slow healing cuts and sores. Major complications from …
Filing an SSI Claim for Peripheral Vascular Disease
Peripheral vascular disease — also known as peripheral artery occlusive disease and peripheral artery disease — is common circulatory problem in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to your limbs. PAD causes your extremities – usually the legs – to not receive enough blood flow to keep up with demand, causing notable leg pain while walking. Intermittent claudication symptoms include …
Apply for SSI – Filing a Claim for Mental Impairments
A claim for SSI benefits under Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for a mental disability or impairment can be granted as long as medical evidence can be provided to prove it. To apply for ssi, you must prove that you’re disabled from performing past relevant work for at least 12 months and that there are no alternative occupations that you’re able …
What is Supplemental Security Income?
Reaching retirement age should be a breeze. But unfortunately, not everyone can look forward to a secure retirement, which is why the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program may be something to look into. What is Supplemental Security Income (SSI)? SSI is a separate income from Social Security. It’s a federal program designed to help blind, disabled or elderly individuals financially. …
Social Security Benefits – Are You Eligible?
Although most Social Security beneficiaries are retirees and their families, Social Security benefits can help others too. Social Security can benefit workers who have become disabled, as well as families in which a spouse or parents dies. Employees work and pay taxes into Social Security and that tax money is used to pay benefits to those who have already retired; …