There is a listing under the rules of Social Security Disability entitled Central Nervous System Vascular Accident, this is where the listing for a stroke is contained. Social Security Disability requires the following, for you to be declared disabled under the listing of a stroke:
- Sensory or moro aphasia resulting in ineffective speech or communication; or
- Significant and persistent disorganization of motor function in two extremities, resulting in sustained disturbance of gross and dexterous movements, or gait and station.
A stroke may inflict many other types damages to the body including, vision, hearing, and understanding. Social Security will take these other type damages into account when determining your disability claim.
It is important in a disability claim where a stroke is the reason for the disability, to explain to the judge not only the outward signs of a stroke, but the issues regarding ones ability to think and reason, sometimes these things are not as apparant, and it is often helpful to explain them at your hearing.
Should you need assistance in your disability claim, please phone the law office at toll free 1 (877) 271-2633 or local at (615) 308-2633.
Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.