DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR SEIZURES

We frequently represent individuals with Epilepsy or seizures in the attempt to get Social Security disability benefits.

While a seizure disorder may certainly be disabling under Social Security's rules, this isn't always the case.  Social Security will evaluate the disorder based on it's nature (type of seizures), frequency and medical treatment.

Here is what you will need to be approved and paid:

• a diagnosis of epilepsy or other seizure disorder
• a detailed description of your typical seizure, including all pre- and post-seizure symptoms
• a statement from your doctor corroborating your account of the nature and frequency of your seizures
• a description of your seizures from a third-party witness
• a record indicating the frequency of your past seizures
• results of an EEG, and
• a detailed treatment history, including medications and other treatments that you’ve tried and your response to them. 

Social Security will want to see where the claimant has been taking anti-convulsant medications for at least 3 months.  A doctor should have reviewed the medication and adjusted the dosage in an attempt to control the seizures.  If the seizures continue to be frequent enough to interfere with sustaining regular, full-time work, benefits may be approved.

Besides medical care, the one thing that will help your case the most is a diary or written record of your seizure activity, kept by a third party who can document the type of seizures, what activity accompanies a seizure and how often they occur.  You can't just depend on doctors or emergency room records because by the time you get to the ER or doctor's office, the seizure has already long passed. Also, many people don't go to the doctor or ER every time they have a seizure.



The Forsythe Firm
Social Security Disability Counselors
7027 Old Madison Pike - Suite 108
Huntsville, AL 35806
CALL (256) 799-0297

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