Can I Get Social Security Disability Benefits for Chronic Heart Failure?

Yes! The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a Five Step Sequential Evaluation in determining an applicant’s entitlement to Social Security Disability benefits. At Step 3 of the Five Step Sequential Evaluation, the SSA will review your medical records to determine if you have a Listing level impairment for chronic heart failure. The SSA has specific evidentiary requirements that must be met to establish that you’ve met a Listing level impairment. Your medical records must document an abnormal cardiac imagining that shows “objective measures of left ventricular function and structural abnormality in the heart.” §4.00(D)(2) You must also demonstrate that your heart condition...

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