Is Crohn’s Disease a Disability?

Social Security Disability for Crohn’s Disease Can Be Life-Changing

You need reliable health to hold a steady job. Crohn’s disease makes your health and your life unpredictable.

You don’t know when you’ll have a flare-up, how bad it will be, or how long it will last. Maybe one day you can focus on work, another day you’re running to the bathroom over and over and getting more and more exhausted.

You can’t make plans. You feel isolated dealing with something others around you don’t understand. You’re struggling with anxiety and depression.

Social Security Disability benefits can give you a more solid base for you to live your life. Benefits provide monthly income and Medicare access.

But is Crohn’s disease a disability for the purposes of getting approved for disability benefits?

It can be. Social Security recognizes Crohn’s disease on its list of qualifying impairments for disability benefits under digestive disorders and inflammatory bowel disease.

To qualify for benefits, you must show that your case of Crohn’s disease…

Makes it impossible to work more than a small amount.
Has or will keep you out of work for at least a year.

But at least a million Americans have it, according to Gastroenterology Advisor. Many people can manage their Crohn’s disease and continue working. When you apply for disability for Crohn’s disease, you must build a case that your Crohn’s disease is severe.

Do it with support from the Oregon Social Security Disability lawyers at Wells, Manning, Eitenmiller & Taylor. We’ve helped thousands of Oregonians win disability benefits.

We know what you need to claim disability benefits for Crohn’s disease.

When Can You Get Disability Benefits for Crohn’s Disease?

Social Security’s rules for inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s say that to get disability benefits you must show:

Limited ability to function independently, including taking care of yourself, your home, errands and bills

Limited ability to function appropriately with other people, communicating and interacting

Limited ability to function effectively, concentrating and completing tasks

Limited ability to sustain your functioning over time

Frequency and duration of symptoms stopping you from working

Side effects of treatment and medication stopping you from working

Wells, Manning, Eitenmiller & Taylor disability attorneys help you get Social Security to understand what you’re going through with Crohn’s disease, and why your case deserves financial assistance.

Our Oregon offices are in Eugene-Springfield, Albany, Roseburg, Coos Bay, Medford, and Grants Pass.

If you’re wondering whether you can get disability for Crohn’s disease in Oregon, start by telling us about your case and getting our assessment, free of charge.

Talk to us for a FREE claim consultation.

How Do You Prove Crohn’s Disease Stops You from Working?

Out of the million people in the U.S. with Crohn’s disease, to show that your case is one that limits your functioning enough to prevent working, you turn in medical evidence that make clear the severity of your symptoms.

That can mean reports from doctors describing your diagnosis, blood test results, reports from endoscopy, colonoscopy, CT scans or MRIs, records of surgeries and other treatments, lists of medications you take, and descriptions of dietary programs you’re trying.

These medical documents can show symptoms confirming the seriousness of your Crohn’s disease, including:

Abdominal tenderness
Abdominal pain
An abdominal mass
Anal sores and pain
Bleeding from the rectum
Diarrhea
Fatigue
Fever
Joint pain
Nausea
Nutritional deficits

Our Oregon disability lawyers work with your doctors to gather the medical evidence you need documenting your symptoms, their severity and why you can’t work with Crohn’s disease.

We relieve the burden on you, taking care of the legwork to prove your case. We help you tell your story to Social Security. We handle the process, so you can focus on your own well-being.

No attorney fee until you win benefits.

Crohn’s disease may have robbed you of a normal life. Our disability attorneys help you hold on to some peace and dignity.

Contact our attorneys today.

We’re with You Every Step of the Way

Whether you’re trying to determine if you’re qualified for disability benefits, you need help filing your application, or you received a denial notice and want another chance, our law firm helps from the beginning and stays by your side.

Have a Question about Disability Benefits?

Your health is bad. You can’t work. Your financial stability is threatened. So your head is swimming with questions. How will you get by? How does Social Security Disability work? We’ve gathered answers. See them here:

Disability FAQs »

Hear from a Wells, Manning, Eitenmiller & Taylor Client

“Have a question? The entire staff is knowledgeable and willing to help. Concerned about some aspect of your case? Say something and they usually have the words to help reassure you.”

Is Crohn’s Disease a Disability in Oregon?