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How severe must your condition be to be awarded Social Security disability?To be awarded a Social Security disability benefit, you must have a condition or combination of conditions, which prevent you from working. Your condition or conditions must have prevented you from performing work activity for the past twelve months or you must be expected to be unable to perform work activity for twelve months. If your medical and/or mental conditions have been so severe as to prevent activities of daily living including work activity, then you need to contact Social Security and file a disability claim. How does the social security administration measure how severe your condition is? By obtaining your medical records and by determining your level of functioning and your level of limitations. For physical impairment cases, this is measured in terms of your ability to stand, sit, walk, stoop, crouch, reach, and carry certain weights (just to name a few). For mental impairment cases, a person's level of limitations may be measured in terms of their ability to remember and retain knowledge, comprehend instructions, and to maintain attention and concentration (again, just to name a few). How severe must your condition be to be awarded social security disability? After social security has determined what your limitations are (by evaluating your medical evidence), this will be compared to the demands of your past work and also to the demands of any other type of work that you might reasonably be expected to do. If, based on your current limitations, you cannot be reasonably expected to perform past work or some type of other work, you will likely be awarded disability benefits. For more information on: Social Security Disability and SSI Disability.
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