Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mild to severe mental condition that may get worse with time if left untreated. In order for you to qualify for disability with PTSD, you will need to prove your case with medical records that your condition lasted at least 24 months and interferes with your ability to perform work in substantial gainful activity, SGA. Moreover, your psychiatrist or doctor may need to fill a Residual Functional Capacity (RFC) form for you, which will state the work related complication and limitations you face due to your PTSD. The genuine opinion with medical proof from your doctor may be the basis for your disability claim to be approved or denied.
While everyone who faces a trauma may experience returning symptoms of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, schizophrenia or social withdrawal due to sadness, with PTSD the conditions may become severe or life threatening if the patient starts to give up hope and could not take care of themselves.
This may include:
To fulfill the criteria for qualifying for social security disability under PTSD you should be able to prove that:
The rules for you to qualify under social security disability eligibility are the same for all states. But you should contact a Social Security Attorney within your own state, in our case, California, to avoid complications including obtaining medical records, written statements from your friends, colleagues, family or neighbors, by your Attorney to file your case for disability properly.
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