QUALIFYING FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS
WITH FIBROMYALGIA
Fibromyalgia is such a tricky condition that it can both prevent you from working and make it hard to win the Social Security Disability benefits you need when you can’t work. Every case is different. Symptoms come and go. Social Security wants proof. But you can win disability income and stabilize your life if you provide the right evidence.
FIBROMYALGIA SYMPTOMS THAT PREVENT WORK To win disability benefits for fibromyalgia, you have to convince Social Security that your symptoms are severe enough to block you from working. These symptoms can include:
FULL-BODY PAIN
STIFFNESS
EXHAUSTION
DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS
MOOD CHANGES
SLEEP PROBLEMS
DEPRESSION & ANXIETY
CONCENTRATION PROBLEMS, OR “FIBRO FOG”
WHAT YOU MUST SHOW SOCIAL SECURITY Social Security recognized the seriousness of fibromyalgia in 2012 and issued guidelines on the types of evidence you should submit for disability income:
REPORTS FROM YOUR DOCTORS
RECORDS OF YOUR TREATMENT
TESTIMONY FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW YOU
Fibromyalgia drains your energy level. Get a professional to handle gathering all your evidence for Social Security Disability. The disability attorneys at BOTHWELL & HAMILL know how to make Social Security see why you need benefits. We help people in Central Washington apply for benefits—and appeal denials—every day.
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