Common Symptoms to Include when You’re Seeking SSDI for Ulcerative Colitis
You’re dealing with an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation and sores—known as ulcers—in your colon, the inner lining of your large intestine.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimate almost 1 million Americans suffer from ulcerative colitis.
They don’t fully know the causes, but doctors have linked ulcerative colitis to family history and environmental factors, such as smoking, stress, and the food you eat. An autoimmune response that attacks your digestive tract can also trigger ulcerative colitis.
For your disability claim, you’ll need to document your symptoms. In general, symptoms may include:
- Cramping
- Diarrhea
- Rectal pain or bleeding
- Weight loss
- Urgent need to pass stool
- Inability to pass stool
To win Social Security Disability benefits, you must show your condition keeps you from fulfilling the duties of full-time work—both your current or former job and the inability to do another type of job—and will certainly last for at least a year.
It’s a high bar to qualify. Collecting evidence and arranging it in a compelling way to convince the government that you qualify for benefits is what the disability advocates at Hanley Disability do day in and day out for people across Indiana.
Even if your symptoms don’t fit into Social Security’s specific definition for ulcerative colitis, you may still qualify for benefits if you can show how your health impairments rule out working.
Every case is different, and we’ll take a look at yours for free.
