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Social Security Disability Benefits for Renal Cancer

Social Security Disability Benefits for Renal Cancer

What started as a nagging pain at the base of one side of the spine has turned into terrible pain that would not go away.An otherwise insatiable hunger has been restricted to sporadic nibbling at family gatherings. You finally make an appointment with your doctor, who refers you to a kidney specialist. The terrible news is that you have advanc...

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Disability Benefits for Kidney Disease, Transplant & Dialysis

Disability Benefits for Kidney Disease, Transplant & Dialysis

If you meet all non-medical eligibility requirements for Social Security Disability, then a kidney transplant will make you eligible for 12 months of disability benefits if you are approved. After that period, the Social Security Administration will evaluate your symptoms for 'ongoing disability for residual symptoms'. What is considered adequate k...

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