Cancer, Malignant Neoplastic Disease: Social Security Disability

The Social Security Administration separates disabilities due to Malignant Neoplastic Diseases into these twenty-seven categories:

• Soft Tissue Tumors of the Head and Neck
• Skin
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Multiple Myeloma
• Salivary Glands
• Thyroid Gland
• Breast
• Skeletal System Carcinoma or Sarcoma
• Maxilla, Orbit or Temporal Fossa
• Nervous System
• Lungs
• Pleura or Mediastinum
• Esophagus or Stomach
• Small Intestine
• Large Intestine
• Liver or Gallbladder
• Pancreas
• Kidneys, Adrenal Glands or Ureters-Carcinoma
• Urinary Bladder-Carcinoma
• Cancers of the Female Genital Tract Carcinoma or Sarcoma
• Prostate Gland Carcinoma
• Testicles
• Penis
• Primary Site Unknown
• Malignant Neoplastic Disease Treated by Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Transplantation

If you have been or will be unable to work for at least twelve consecutive months due to cancer, you may be eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. If you have past work experience and believe you may qualify, call Freedom Disability for a free evaluation with one of our Disability Advocates. Our Advocates can help determine if your condition is likely to result in a successful SSDI application. If you do qualify, we can provide you with the assistance that you need to get the benefits that you deserve. If you have previously been denied benefits, but feel your condition makes you eligible, contact us today at (866) 761-5942.

Soft Tissue Tumors of the Head and Neck

Claimants applying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits are typically approved when their condition includes one of the following symptoms:

• Inoperable or unresectable
• Persistent disease following initial multimodal antineoplastic therapy
• Recurrent disease following initial antineoplatic therapy except local vocal cord recurrence
• Metastases beyond the regional lymph nodes
• Claimants with soft tissue tumors in the head and neck are considered disabled for at least twelve months from the date of the initial diagnosis.

If you feel your soft tissue tumor has affected your ability to work for the past twelve consecutive months, call Freedom Disability at (866) 761-5942. Our Disability Advocates have experience submitting soft tissue tumor applications and will assists you in gathering all necessary medical documents to support your claim. Call Freedom today for a free evaluation. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Skin

Claimants applying for cash benefits who have been disabled by Malignant Neoplastic Skin Diseases are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their condition includes one of the following symptoms:

• Sarcoma or carcinoma with metastases to or beyond the regional lymph nodes
• Melanoma with one of the following
  • Recurrent after wide excision (except an additional primary melanoma at a different site, which is not considered to be recurrent disease)
  • Palpable nodal metastases or metastases to adjacent skin (satellite lesions) or elsewhere

If your condition is not described above, but you believe you qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 for a free evaluation with one of our Advocates. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Claimants with Soft Tissue Sarcoma are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their condition includes one of the following:

• Regional or distant metastases
• Persistent or recurrent following initial antineoplastic therapy

Call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 if you have any questions regarding your condition. Our Disability Advocates will provide a free evaluation to help determine if you qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Lymphoma

Claimants submitting Lymphoma applications for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits are typically approved when their condition includes one of the following
symptoms:

• Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma with one of the following:
  • Low grade or indolent lymphoma requiring initiation of more than one antineoplastic treatment regimen with in a twelve month consecutive period
  • Intermediate or high grade lymphoma persistent or recurrent following initial antineoplastic
• Hodgkin’s disease with failure to achieve clinically complete remission or recurrent disease within twelve months of completing initial antineoplastic therapy
• Bone marrow or stem cell transplantation. Beneficiaries are considered disabled for at least twelve months from the date of the initial transplant

If you feel your Lymphoma has prevented you from working for the past twelve months call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 for a free evaluation with one of our Advocates. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Leukemia

Claimants applying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits are typically approved when their Leukemia symptoms include one of the following:

• Acute Leukemia (including T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma). Beneficiaries are considered disabled for at least 24 months from the date of initial diagnosis or relapse. Beneficiaries are also considered disabled for at least 12 months from the date of bone marrow or stem cell transplantation.
• Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia with one of the following:
  • Accelerated or blast phase. Beneficiaries are considered disabled for at least 24 months from the date of initial diagnosis or relapse and at least twelve months from the date of bone marrow or stem cell transplantation.
  • Chronic Phase including one of the following:
    • Progressive disease following initial antineoplastic therapy
    • Beneficiaries are considered under disability for at least twelve months from the date of bone marrow or stem cell transplantation

If you feel you qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits and Leukemia has prevented you from working for at least one year, call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 for a free evaluation with one of our Advocates. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Multiple Myeloma

Claimants with Multiple Myeloma, when confirmed by appropriate serum or urine protein electophoresis and bone marrow finding, are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their condition includes one of the following symptoms:

• Failure to respond or progressive disease following initial antineoplastic therapy
• Bone marrow or stem cell transplantation. Beneficiaries are considered disabled for at least twelve months from the date of the transplantation.

Call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 if you have any questions regarding your condition or your eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. Our Advocates will give you a free evaluation and help determine if you qualify. Call today and begin your application for the benefits you deserve. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Salivary Glands

Claimants are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their symptoms include carcinoma or sarcoma with metastases beyond the regional lymph nodes. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Thyroid Gland

Claimants applying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits with Malignant Neoplastic Thyroid Disease are typically approved when their condition includes one of the following symptoms:

• Carcinoma with metastases beyond the regional lymph nodes progressive despite radioactive iodine therapy
• Anaplastic (undifferentiated) carcinoma

Call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 if you have any questions about your condition. Our Advocates will be happy to assist you. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Breast

Claimants applying for Social Secuirty Disability Insurance benefits are typically approved when their condition includes one of the following symptoms:

• Carcinoma with distant metastases
• Locally advanced carcinoma (inflammatory carcinoma, tumor of any size with direct extension to the chest wall or skin, tumor of any size with metastases to the ipsilateral internal mammary nodes).
• Recurrent carcinoma, except local recurrence that remits with antineoplastic therapy

Please call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 for a free evaluation with one of our Disability Advocates. If you have any questions about your condition or eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, our Advocates will help determine whether you qualify. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Skeletal System

Claimants applying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits for Malignant Neoplastic Skeletal System Diseases (carcinoma or sarcoma) are typically approved when their condition includes one of the following symptoms:

• Inoperable or unresectable
• Recurrent tumor (except local recurrence) after initial antineoplastic therapy
• Distant metastases
• All other tumors originating in bone with multimodal antineoplastic therapy. Beneficiaries are considered disabled for at least twelve months from the date of the initial diagnosis.

If you believe your condition qualifies you for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits or have any questions, call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 for a free evaluation with one of our Advocates. They will be happy to assists you in any way and help you begin your application for the benefits you deserve. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Maxilla, Orbit or Temporal Fossa

Claimants with Maxilla, Orbit or Temporal Fossa applying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits are typically approved when their condition includes one of the following symptoms:

• Sarcoma or carcinoma of any type with regional or distant metastases
• Tumors with extension to the base of the skull, orbit, meninges or sinuses
• Carcinoma of the antrum with extension into the orbit or ethmoid or sphenoid sinus

Please call Freedom Disability immediately if you have any questions about your condition or eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. Our Advocates will give you a free evaluation to help determine if your condition is likely to result in a successful SSDI application. Call us today and begin the process to receiving the benefits you deserve. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Nervous System

Claimants applying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits with Malignant Neoplastic Nervous System Diseases are typically approved when their condition includes at least one of the following symptoms:

• Central nervous system neoplasms (brain and spinal cord) including one of the following:
  • Any central nervous system neoplasm progressive or recurrent following initial antineoplastic therapy
  • Highly malignant tumors, as in Grades III and IV astrocytomas, ependymoblastoma, glioblastoma multiforme, medulloblastoma or other primitive meuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) with documented metastases, diffuse intrinsic brain stem gliomas or primary sarcomas.
• Peripheral nerve or spinal root neoplasm including one of the following:
  • Progressive or recurrent following initial antineoplastic therapy
  • Metastatic

If you believe your condition qualifies you for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, please call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 for a free evaluation with one of our Advocates. Call us today to begin your process to receiving the benefits you deserve. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Lungs

Claimants with Malignant Neoplastic Lung Diseases are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their condition includes at least one of the following symptoms:

• Non-small-cell carcinoma. It must be inoperable, unresectable, recurrent, or metastatic to or beyone the hilar nodes
• Small-cell carcinoma

Call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 for a free evaluation of your condition with one of our trained Advocates who can help determine if your condition will support a successful Social Security Disability Insurance claim. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Pleura or Mediastinum

Claimants applying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits with Pleura or Mediastinum are typically approved when their condition includes at least one of the following:

• Tumors of the mediastinum including at least one of the following:
• Metastases to or beyond the regional lymph nodes
• Persistent or recurrent following initial antineoplastic therapy
• Malignant or mesothelioma of pleura

Call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 with any questions you may have about your condition. Our Advocates are happy to help and give you a free evaluation to help determine whether your application will be successful. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Esophagus or Stomach

Claimants suffering from Malignant Neoplastic Esophagus or Stomach Diseases are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their condition includes at least one of the following symptoms:

• Carcinoma or Sarcoma of the esophagus
• Carcinoma or Sarcoma of the stomach including at least one of the following:
  • Inoperable, unresectable, extending to surrounding structures of recurrent
  • Metastases to or beyond the regional lymph nodes

Call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 and receive a free evaluation of your condition by one of our trained Advocates. Their experience with Malignant Neoplastic Disease applications will help determine whether your SSDI claim will be successful. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Small Intestine

Claimants with Malignant Neoplastic Small Intestine Disease, such as carcinoma, sarcoma or carcinoid, are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their condition includes at least one of the following symptoms:

• Metastases beyond the regional lymph nodes
• Inoperable, unresectable or recurrent

Large Intestine

Claimants with Malignant Neoplastic Large Intestine Disease, from ileocal valve to and including the anal canal, are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their condition includes at least one of the following symptoms:

• Adenocarcinoma that is inoperable, unresectable, or recurrent
• Metastases beyond the regional lymph nodes
• Swuamous cell carcinoma of the anus, recurrent after surgery

If you have any questions concerning your Malignant Neoplastic Intestinal Disease please contact Freedom Disability at (866) 761-5942 as soon as possible. Our Advocates have experience with applications like this and are happy to asses whether they feel your claim will be successful. Call Freedom today for a free evaluation. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Liver or Gallbladder

Claimants applying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits with Liver or Gallbladder disease are typically approved when they have tumors of the liver, gallbladder, or bile ducts. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Pancreas

Claimants with Pancreatic Disease are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their condition includes at least one of the following symptoms:

• Islet cell carcinoma that is inoperable or unresectable and physiologically active
• Carcinoma (except islet cell carcinoma)

Please call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 with any questions you may have about your condition or eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. Our Advocates will be happy to help. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Kidneys, Adrenal Glands or Ureters

Claimants applying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits who suffer from Malignant Neoplastic Kidney, Adrenal Gland or Ureter Disease such as carcinoma, are typically approved when their condition includes at least one of the following symptoms:

• Inoperable, unresectable or recurrent
• Metastases to or beyond the regional lymph nodes

Urinary Bladder

Claimants with Urinary Bladder Disease, such as carcinoma, are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their condition includes at least one of the following symptoms:

• Recurrent after total cystectomy
• Inoperable or unresectable
• Inflammation beyond the bladder wall
• Metastases to or beyond the regional lymph nodes

If you have any questions regarding your condition, call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 for a free evaluation with one of our Advocates. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Cancers of the Female Genital Tract

Claimants applying for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits with cancers of the Female Genital Tract, such as carcinoma or sarcoma, are typically approved when their condition includes at least one of the following symptoms:

• Ureters (corpus) including at least one of the following:
  • Persistent or recurrent following initial antineoplastic therapy
  • Invading adjoining organs
  • Metastases to or beyond the regional lymph nodes
• Uterine cervix including at least one of the following:
  • Persistent or recurrent following initial antineoplastic therapy
  • Extending to the pelvic wall, lower portion of the vagina, or adjacent or distant organs
• Vulva including at least one of the following:
  • Invading adjoining organs
  • Metastases to or beyond the regional lymph nodes
  • Persistent or recurrent following initial antineoplastic therapy
• Fallopian tubes including at least one of the following:
  • Extending to the serosa or beyond
  • Persistent or recurrent following initial antineoplastic therapy
• Ovaries including at least one of the following:
  • All tumors except germ-cell tumors with at least one of the following:
    • Metastases to or beyond the regional lymph nodes
    • Tumor extension beyond the pelvis
    • Ruptured ovarian capsule, tumor on the serosal surface of the ovary, ascites with malignant cells, or positive peritoneal washings
    • Recurrent following initial antineoplastic therapy
  • Germ-cell tumors that are progressive or recurrent following initial antineoplastic therapy

Please call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 for a free evaluation with one of our professional Advocates. They will help determine whether your condition is likely to result in a successful Social Security Disability Insurance claim. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Prostate Gland

Claimants applying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits with Prostate Gland Disease are typically approved when their condition includes at least one of the following symptoms:

• Progessive or recurrent despite initial hormonal intervention
• Visceral metastases

Testicles

Claimants applying for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits are typically approved when their Testicular Disease includes tumors with metastases to or beyond the regional lymph nodes. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Penis

Claimants with Malignant Neoplastic Penal Disease are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their condition includes carcinoma with metastases to or beyond the regional lymph nodes. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Primary Site Unknown After Appropriate Search for Primary

Claimants are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance when the primary site of their Malignant Neoplastic Disease is unknown with metastatic carcinoma or sarcoma except for solitary squamous cell carcinoma in the neck. Back to the Cancer Disabilities list

Malignant Neoplastic Diseases treated by Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Transplantation

Claimants with Malignant Neoplastic Diseases treated by Bone Marrow or Stem Cell Transplantation are typically approved for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits when their condition includes at least one of the following:

• Allogeneic Transplantation
• Autologous Transplantation

Remember, this is only a list of common mental disorders the Social Security Administration has predetermined severe enough to receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. If you do not fall into one of these categories, but still feel your condition is disabling, call Freedom Disability today at (866) 761-5942 for a free evaluation by one of our Advocates. Our Advocates will provide you with further information about each category’s specific criteria and help determine if your condition is likely to result in a successful SSDI application.

The foregoing information is based on published materials from the Social Security Administration (“Disability Evaluation Under Social Security”). It is meant to serve as an introduction to some of the factors used by the SSA in evaluating cases. It is no way comprehensive. While Freedom Disability can help you prepare an effective application for benefits, only the SSA can determine whether or not you qualify. For more information call Freedom today at (866) 761-5942.

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