Multiple Sclerosis SSD Benefits

A Financial Resource for People with Multiple Sclerosis

Living with multiple sclerosis (MS) means coping with change.

For a time, your MS may not have hindered your daily life much. With medication, you could go about your days uninterrupted—including going to work.

Then your condition advanced. Now your symptoms make it impossible to work and earn an income.

Social Security Disability benefits were created for exactly this situation. They provide monthly income and access to Medicare or Medicaid health care, so you can live a life of greater peace and dignity.

But how do you qualify for MS disability benefits?

Approval for benefits isn’t guaranteed. The vast majority of people are denied. You may need to file a highly technical appeal to finally get benefits.

Your best move may be working with an experienced Social Security Disability lawyer. The Texas disability attorneys at Morgan Weisbrod have helped many people with multiple sclerosis and know how to build successful claims.

Our legal team members have decades of combined experience helping thousands of people in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and all of Texas. Our lawyers are board certified in the highly specific area of disability law.

Talk to us about getting disability benefits to help cover your basic needs, so you can focus on taking care of your health and well-being.

Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms You Can Document to Get MS Disability Benefits

You must be unable to work much at all to get Social Security Disability benefits.

Of the million people in the United States who have multiple sclerosis according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, many can and do work. Maybe for a long time you could, too.

To prove that your case of multiple sclerosis has progressed to the point where you cannot work anymore, Social Security looks for these physical symptoms:

Disorganized motor control in two extremities
Difficulty standing up
Difficulty balancing and walking
Difficulty using arms and hands
Dizziness
Involuntary movement
Muscle weakness
Stiffness
Vision loss

Or you can demonstrate to Social Security these cognitive symptoms:

Limits in understanding and using information
Challenges interacting with other people
Inability to maintain concentration
Inability to keep up with tasks
Limitations in managing your emotions, behavior and functioning in work settings

The Texas disability attorneys at Morgan Weisbrod can identify the types of medical evidence most likely to persuade Social Security that your MS rules out working and warrants economic support.

Having a disability lawyer makes this legalistic process easier for you.

Every case is different, so talk to us—for free—in a consultation to learn more about making a claim for MS disability benefits.

Medical Evidence You Need to Get Social Security Disability for Multiple Sclerosis

The government is always on the watch for people trying to cheat and get money.

That means you can’t simply tell Social Security that your multiple sclerosis has progressed so you can’t work and expect that to be enough.

You have to back up everything you say with hard evidence from your medical treatment and daily life.

This could include:

Documentation of hospitalizations
Reports from cognitive evaluations
Physical exam reports from doctors
Laboratory test results
Lumbar puncture tests
Medical history information
MRIs or other medical imaging
Statements from people who know how MS affects you

Your disability attorney can work with your doctors and other health care providers to get the medical records you need, and save you the work.

Your lawyer can compare your work history to your medical evidence to show how your health gets in the way of the kinds of jobs you otherwise could do.

Your lawyer can help you avoid mistakes in your benefits application that lead to denials.

And they can stay with you, backing up your claim, if you need to appeal and talk to a disability judge in a hearing.

If you’re in Texas and multiple sclerosis is threatening your financial stability, work with a Morgan Weisbrod disability lawyer to get benefits and create a stronger foundation for your future.