Posts Tagged 'liver'

Renal Disease Disability Attorney

Anyone with Renal Disease can attest to how debilitating the disease can be to the body. Social Security Disability has  a listing called Impairment of the renal function, the technical listing requires the following:

Renal impairment because of chronic renal disease expected to last 12 months, hypertensive vascular disease, chronic nephritis, nephrolithiasis, polycystic disease, bilateral hydronephrosis, with:

Chronic hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis necessitated by irreversible renal fialure; or

Kidney transplant

Persistent elevation of serum creatine in to 4 mg per deciliter(100 ml) or greater or ...

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Cirrhosis Liver Disability Attorney

Under Social Security Disability chronic liver disease includes portal, postnecrotic or biliary cirrhosis; chronic hepatitis; Wilson’s Disease.

Here is the short medical requirements that you must meet for Cirrhosis of the liver:

Esophageal varices, shown by endoscopy or x-ray; or

Performance of a shunt operation for esophageal varices; or

 Serum bilirubin of 2.5 mg per deciliter (100ml.) or greater persisting on repeated examinations for at least 5 months; or

Ascites, with other attributable causes ruled out, persistent for 5 months or reoccurring; or

Hepatic encephalapathy; or

Confirmation of chronic ...

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