Social Security Disability Information for Breast Cancer Applicants

Breast cancer, a form of cancer originating in the breast tissue, is one of the most common forms of cancer in the world, and is the second most common form of cancer in the United States after lung cancer.

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Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) November 20, 2009

Tim Moore, a former social security disability examiner who now publishes the website, Social Security Disability Secrets, has added a page that provides provides information for claimants who are filing for disability benefits on the basis of breast cancer. The page provides background information on breast cancer as a medical condition, including some discussion of screening, treatment, and breast cancer staging. The page further provides information on the manner in which the social security administration evaluates breast cancer as a medical impairment.

Individuals filing for social security disability and SSI disability often have two routes for approval. The first means is by satisfying the requirements of a impairment listing. The second is by being awarded a medical vocational allowance. This is a type of approval that involves the evaluation of a claimant's work history and medical history so that a determination can be made as to whether or not the claimant is capable of performing what social security considers to be substantial and gainful work activity.

Not all physical and mental impairments are included in the social security listing of impairments. And for individuals filing on the basis of a non-listed impairment, a medical vocational allowance will be the only path to approval. However, those who file on the basis of breast cancer may potentially be approved in either way: by satisfying the requirements of the listing, or by gaining a medical vocational allowance.

The resource page at Social Security Disability Secrets provides the wording of the breast cancer listing as well an explanation as to its meaning. Additionally, discussion is provided regarding the social security administration's consideration--or lack of consideration--of pain in determining the outcome of disability claims.

This information may be viewed by visiting the following page at http://www.disabilitysecrets.com : Social Security Disability SSI and Breast Cancer.

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