Chronic pulmonary insufficiency is a broad term that covers many types of breathing disorders.The Social Security Administration has a listing for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic ventilatory disease, and chronic impairment of gas exchange.

You might be eligible for Social Security benefits if you have chronic pulmonary disease or insufficiency.

To meet Social Security disability listing 3.02, a social security disability claim applicant must have one of the following:

1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to any cause. The Social Security administration will evaluate the severity of the obstruction by using a chart based on your height and forced expiratory volume (FEV1) results from spirometric testing. For example, if you are 72 inches tall without shoes, your FEV1 must be equal to or less than 1.65.
2. Chronic restrictive ventilatory disease due to any cause. The Social Security Administration will evaluate the severity of the restrictive ventilatory disorder by using a chart based on your height and forced vital capacity (FVC) from spirometric testing. For example, if you are 72 inches tall without shoes, your FEC must be equal to or less than 1.85.
3. Chronic impairment of gas exchange due to clinically documented pulmonary disease. The Social Security administration will evaluate the severity of your restrictive breathing disorder and some cases of emphysema. This will require a determination of the diffusing capacity of your lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) and arterial blood gas studies (ABGS).

A Social Security disability claim for chronic pulmonary insufficiency can be won at a listing level if you meet these rigid testing results. Don’t be afraid to ask for assistance. You can contact Florida Social Security lawyer, Nancy Cavey.

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If you have filed a claim for social security benefits for a respiratory impairment, it is important that your medical records contain a complete medical history, results of your physical examination, chest x-rays, pulmonary function tests to show if your gas exchange abnormalities contribute to the severity of your respiratory impairment.

Your symptoms and what problems you have with every day living are an important part of your medical records. If you have shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing, chest pain, sputum production, or other symptoms of respiratory problems, make sure it is documented in your medical records. You may want to keep a diary of your symptoms and give them to your doctor and the Social Security Administration.

It is also important that your medical records document the problem you’re having with your activities of daily living as a result of your respiratory symptoms. If you are limited in your ability to do physical activity such as walking, climbing stairs, and dealing with temperature changes make sure that is documented in your medical chart.

Social Security Disability claims based on respiratory impairments can be won at the listing level Section 3.0 Respiratory Systems with appropriate documentation and test results. If you suffer from respiratory impairments and aare going to file a claim, I strongly suggest you seek the help of an experienced Social Security Disability lawyer such as Nancy Cavey or Sharon Barrett.

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You can file a claim for Social Security benefits for problems with you respiratory system.

The listings in Section 3.00 Respiratory System cover impairments caused by respiratory disorders such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, chronic persistent infections of the long, cystic fibrosis, and bronchiectasis.

The Social Security Administration requires that you are respiratory disorder and impairment be established by medical evidence in sufficient detail to “permit an independent reviewer to evaluate the severity of the impairment.”

Most chronic respiratory conditions require medical treatment. The Social Security administration will look at your medical records over the period of time you have gotten treatment. They will evaluate your diagnostic testing, your treatment, your response to that treatment, information about the nature and severity of your impairment, including any improvement as a result of your treatment to see if your condition meets a listing.

Social Security Disability claim applicants may not have gotten any treatment or be able to show the existence of an impairment that meets the criteria of the listing. You might be able to show it you haven’t impairment that is equivalent in severity to one of the listed impairments or are disabled because of your limited residual functional capacity, it still is important to show the medical severity of your impairment, the level of your functioning, the frequency, severity, and duration of your symptoms.

I would suggest that you document your symptoms by keeping a diary. Those symptoms can include shortness of breath with exertion, coughing, wheezing, chest pain, sputum production. Your diary should be kept on a 24 hour/7 basis and outlines not only your symptoms and how often they occur, but how severe they are, how long they last, and how they interfere with your ability to function.

Make sure that you have the appropriate diagnostic studies to establish and you have a chronic pulmonary disease including pulmonary function testing which will help assess the severity of your impairment.

Don’t forget that some medical disorders, such as pulmonary hypertension or pulmonary vasculitis, can involve pulmonary circulation and you can meet any listing as a result of the underlying medical condition that causes a respiratory disorder. If you suffer from an impaired respiratory system and are going to file a claim you should consult with skilled attorneys Cavey & Barrett.

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You can’t work because of you disability but how do you prove that to the Social Security Administration (SSA)? Most cases are decided by the SSA at Hurdle 5: Other Work. SSA applies a Grid evaluation process that looks at your age, education, transferable work skills, and your residual functional capacity (RFC).

Your doctor will hopefully write in your medical records what you can physically do despite your disability. Not all doctors understand the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) and the Social Security regulation definitions of medium, light, and sedentary work. Perhaps your disability cross over the physical requirements of light and sedentary work. What happens?

The Social Security regulations say that SSA can’t apply one of the Grid rules to your case, unless you are capable of doing a “full or wide range” of work at the exertional level that applies to the applicable Grid. In other words, you must be capable of doing a full or wide range of work at the sedentary, light, or medium level.

You or your representative must understand the definitions of sedentary, light, and medium work so the proper Grid is applied to your case. For more information, and for more help with your claim, click here or call 727-894-3188.

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Most applicants will meet the Hurdle 1, Substantial Gainful Activity, and Hurdle 2, Severe Impairment. Since most do not meet Hurdle 3, Listing of Impairments, the usual case moves to Hurdle 4, Past Relevant Work (PRW).

You must prove that you can’t do the lightest job you have done in the last 15 years. What was the easiest job you did? Can you still do that job? If so, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will find that you are not disabled. If you can do the job as it is ordinarily done, you are not disabled.

When you fill out forms as a part of your application, make sure you explain why you can’t do the lightest job you held in the last 15 years by explaining how your disability limits your ability to do that job. For more information, and for more help with your claim, click here or call 727-894-3188.

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