Schizophrenic, paranoid, and other psychotic disorders – Part 1
Schizophrenia, paranoia, and psychotic disorders are common claims for Houston Social Security Disability benefits. In order to be successful with your claim for benefits if you suffer from these conditions your Houston Social Security Disability Lawyer must prove certain facts.
In the context of Texas Social Security Disability benefits, schizophrenia, paranoia, and other psychotic disorders are characterized by the onset of psychotic features with deterioration from a previous level of functioning.
In order to win your claim for Houston Social Security Disability Benefits due to schizophrenia, paranoia, or other psychotic disorder your Houston Social Security Attorney must prove medically documented persistence, either continuous or intermittent, of one or more of the following:
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Depression, Manic Depression and Bipolar, Part 3
We previously discussed two criteria for winning your Houston Texas Social Security Disability benefits if you suffer from depression, manic syndrome, or bipolar syndrome. If you do not meet the criteria described in those posts, there is a third strategy for winning your appeal.
If you do not meet the previous criteria, then in order to win Houston Social Security Disability benefits your Houston Social Security Disability Lawyer must be able to demonstrate to the hearing officer that you have a medically documented history of a chronic affective disorder of at least 2 years’ duration that has caused more than a minimal limitation of ability to do basic work activities, with symptoms or signs currently attenuated by medication or psychosocial support, and one of the following:
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Depression, Manic Depression and Bipolar, Part 2
If you suffer from any of the conditions associated with Depression, Manic Depression or Bipolar syndrome that we previously discussed there is a second part to the legal test that you must prove in order to win your claim for Houston Social Security Disability Benefits. If you do not meet the criteria we previously covered, then suffering from any of these conditions is legally irrelevant.
In order to pass the second step of the test for Houston Social Security Disability, your depress, manic depression, or bipolar syndrome must result in at least two of the following:
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