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Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that causes delusions, hallucinations, trouble thinking and concentrating, and lack of motivation. For many people, its symptoms can make it difficult or impossible to sustain work. If you’re in this situation, consider applying for social security benefits, after reviewing the following qualifications and process involved.

Am I Eligible for Social Security Benefits Because of My Schizophrenia?

Conditions Needed to Qualify

First, you’ll need to demonstrate your diagnosis and the likelihood that your symptoms will interfere with your ability to work for 12 months or more. Next, the Social Security Administration will evaluate your claim for benefits by gathering medical information. They want to determine if your mental illness causes you to have hallucinations, delusions, illogical thoughts, disorganized thinking, grossly disorganized behavior, or a catatonic state on a regular basis despite taking medications and following your doctor’s prescribed treatment plan.

Your evidence has to prove that these symptoms result in marked or extreme limitation of function in understanding, remembering or applying information, interacting with others, concentrating, persisting or maintaining pace, or adapting or managing oneself.

How to Prove Your Claims

social securityYou’ll need to provide evidence of your claims to qualify for Social Security  Disability Benefits. Most importantly, you have to show consistent compliance with prescribed care.  The Social Security Administration will want to evaluate your condition when you are functioning at your best, with compliance with treatment, to determine if the residual mental symptoms that you are experiencing would preclude your ability to sustain any type of work activity.   

Applying for Social Security Disability Benefits can be difficult and time-consuming. If you need help, trust the experienced team at Disability Claim Consultants in Omaha, NE. They’ve been serving residents of Nebraska and western Iowa since 2000, and their team has over 40 years of combined experience helping people with their disability claims. They use a client-centered approach to help you apply for benefits or appeal your unfavorable decision at all administrative levels. Visit their website to learn more, or call (402) 422-1000 to get the process started.

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