How to Get Disability Benefits For Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in Chicago, IL
If your irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) interferes with your ability to hold a job, you could get Social Security Disability benefits to help you through the economic stress.
Benefits provide monthly income support and a break from financial worry while you manage your health.
Applying for disability for IBS can get complicated.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is considered a “functional gastrointestinal disorder” where there is some type of disruption in the functioning of the bowel.
It’s not considered a disease. Rather, it’s a syndrome characterized by a group of symptoms that can include constipation, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Patients who suffer from IBS can also experience chronic pelvic pain, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Those conditions can also be part of a Social Security Disability claim.
It’s common for people to get denied for disability benefits. So to put together your disability claim for irritable bowel syndrome, talk to the highly experienced Chicago disability attorneys at Nash Disability Law.
We’ve helped thousands of people win benefits. Nash is one of the leading disability law firms in Illinois and the country as measured by the amount of benefits we win for clients.
WE’VE HELPED MORE PEOPLE IN THE CHICAGO AREA WIN BENEFITS THAN ANY OTHER LAW FIRM.
Challenges of Qualifying for Disability Benefits with IBS
Since it’s not defined as being one particular disease, getting disability benefits for irritable bowel syndrome can be confusing.
It’s easy to mistake one IBS-like medical disorder for another. Related conditions, like Crohn’s disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and ulcerative colitis, could be disability claims on their own.
All of these conditions affect the gastrointestinal tract. But IBD is an umbrella term that includes both ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, while IBS is a separate disorder.
Although these conditions are similar in some ways and have some comparable symptoms, they’re quite different and require different types of treatment.
Irritable bowel syndrome is usually less severe than IBD. However, the effects of IBS can range from a mild inconvenience to severely debilitating. Symptoms of this syndrome can affect a patient’s social life, ability to travel, and ability to work.
The Chicago disability lawyers at Nash Disability Law have worked with multiple people to get financial relief when IBS restricts their working life.
We know how to distinguish and build a disability claim for IBS. Talk to us in a free consultation to see how to get started.
Proving Your Disability Claim for IBS
Simply being diagnosed with IBS (or any other gastrointestinal disorder) will not automatically qualify you for Social Security Disability benefits.
To be eligible for benefits you must be able to show definitively that your medical condition prevents you from performing any substantial work which you have ever performed before, or which you could reasonably be expected to perform.
Your application for disability benefits takes into consideration your symptoms, age, education, and work experience.
You will need to back up your claim with solid medical evidence to show that your condition prevents you from performing even light or sedentary work.
For example, if abdominal cramps and pain interfere with your ability to focus and work at an acceptable pace, or if you need to take frequent and unscheduled bathroom breaks, the type of work you can do will be limited.
It’s important for your doctor to document this information in your medical records on an ongoing basis.
An experienced disability lawyer knows what you need and how to navigate this process, including talking to your doctors to get the right information.
Have a conversation with Nash Disability Law. The goal of our Chicago disability lawyers, when irritable bowel syndrome keeps you from working, is to get you economic backing to steady your life and rest easier.
