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Yes, you may qualify for long term disability insurance benefits because of pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is a serious condition that may result in long term disability due to its symptoms and the potential impact of treatment side effects.
Many people with lung cancer understandably find themselves unable to work due to their symptoms and the side effects of cancer treatment. If you’ve received a lung cancer diagnosis, you are likely facing an overwhelming amount of anxiety and concern for your future health and financial security. Understanding how the long term disability insurance claim process works can help equip you to file a successful long term disability claim if needed.
Yes, if you have breast cancer, you may be able to receive long term disability benefits. Many with breast cancer are granted long term disability benefits either because of the disease itself or the side effects of treatment. Since breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, affecting hundreds of thousands of people per year, insurance companies are familiar with the disease as a basis for a disability insurance claim.
When you’re facing a breast cancer diagnosis, you will want to know your options for applying for long term disability insurance benefits. Whether or not you personally qualify for long term disability because of your breast cancer will depend on the nature and severity of your symptoms. The diagnosis itself is not enough to win a claim. Your symptoms must impact the ability to perform the duties of your job.
Below we’ll discuss what breast cancer symptoms cause disability, how to prove your breast cancer is disabling to your insurance company, and how a long term disability attorney can help with your claim.
Mast cell activation syndrome (commonly known as “MCAS”) is a chronic medical condition that can lead to long term disability. MCAS is caused by your body’s mast cells overproducing chemicals called “mediators.” The mast cell mediators induce symptoms of an allergic reaction, such as skin hives, low/high blood pressure, wheezing, and in severe cases, anaphylactic shock. These MCAS reactions are often triggered by exposure to environmental factors.
MCAS is not a well understood condition in the medical community, and while there are various treatment options, there is currently no cure. If you have MCAS, you may experience symptoms with enough severity and frequency to interfere with your ability to work.
You may be wondering: Can you file for long term disability due to your MCAS? What will you need to have a successful MCAS long term disability claim?
Below we’ll answer those questions and more.
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, commonly referred to as “POTS”, is a type of dysautonomia that may be disabling in individuals who have it. Dysautonomia is an autonomic nervous system disorder that causes problems with regulating heartrate, blood pressure, digestion, and other functions, leading to fainting, dizziness, and other symptoms. POTS is most often characterized by a markedly increased heartrate when moving from the supine (prone) position to standing.
While POTS may be a sole diagnosis, often it is found alongside other conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (“EDS”) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (“CFS”).
Many people are able to live and function normally with POTS; others, however, experience debilitating symptoms that may prevent them from working. Obtaining long term disability benefits for POTS can be complicated due to the relative lack of understanding of this condition by the medical community.
If you are considering filing for long term disability due to POTS, here is what you need to know.
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