Does High Blood Pressure Be Considered a Disability

You are probably thinking, “Does High Blood Pressure Be Considered a Disability?” This article breaks down the requirements for receiving disability payments if you have high blood pressure. Let’s get started!

Medical records of your disease and other supporting information may demonstrate that you are unable to work and meet the criteria for high blood pressure disability benefits, even though high blood pressure is not a recognized handicap.

The disability team has spent the last 45 years assisting individuals in Northern California and around the nation in obtaining benefits for incapacitating physical and mental health disorders, despite the fact that it may appear confusing.

What Is High Blood Pressure?

When blood flows through your arteries at a higher pressure than usual and presses against the artery walls with enough power to cause damage, it is referred to as hypertension, or high blood pressure.

Since hypertension usually manifests without overt symptoms, monitoring your blood pressure is the only method to determine whether there is a problem, which makes qualifying for disability with hypertension challenging.

Blood pressure is expressed as two numbers with a slash between them and is measured in millimeters of mercury.

The force of blood flow as it is pumped from the heart is shown by the first number, the systolic pressure. The force of blood flow between heartbeats is represented by the second figure, diastolic pressure.

Blood pressure readings of 120/80 mm Hg or less are regarded by medical practitioners as healthy. Stages of hypertension are indicated by consistently increasing readings.

For instance, stage one high blood pressure is indicated by systolic pressure readings between 130 and 139 or diastolic pressure values between 80 and 89. A hypertensive crisis that necessitates prompt medical intervention is indicated by readings more than 180 systolic or 120 diastolic pressure.

In the US, one in three persons is unaware that they have excessive blood pressure. Untreated hypertension poses a risk of developing further health problems, such as:

1. Heart failure
2. Stroke
3. Chronic kidney disease
4. Atherosclerosis and other vascular diseases
5. Heart attack
6. Eye damage

Medication and dietary and lifestyle changes can help patients with high blood pressure.

A doctor may ask about your medical history if you have high blood pressure in order to identify risk factors that could be contributing to the disease, such as your body weight, sleep habits, physical activity level, and nutrition.

To find out if hypertension has contributed to the development of other illnesses, diagnostic testing may be prescribed.

Is High Blood Pressure A Disability?

The definition of disability used to assess disability benefit applications is that you must have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that prevents you from engaging in substantial gainful activity.

The handicap or impairments must have persisted for at least 12 months straight or be anticipated to cause mortality.

The Social Security Administration maintains a list of impairments, sometimes referred to as the “Blue Book,” of conditions that are severe enough to qualify as disabilities.

Examiners who are evaluating petitions for disability payments can benefit from the impairment listing. A claimant is considered disabled if they fit the requirements for a listed impairment.

Since high blood pressure is not specifically specified in the Blue Book, disability claims for hypertension would have to include a stated impairment, like an aneurysm, heart failure, or stroke, in order to be eligible for SSDI or SSI disability benefits.

For instance, your claim for disability payments will be examined to see if your heart damage from hypertension qualifies as heart failure, a specified handicap.

Criteria for Getting Disability with High Blood Pressure

The SSA will base its evaluation of your disability claim on how your hypertension affects other bodily systems, like your heart, brain, kidney, or eyes. The SSA will also take note of any physical restrictions brought on by your hypertension.

Medical documentation demonstrating these effects and substantiating your assertion that your high blood pressure prevents you from working will be required. You might want to include the following in your application:

• Documentation of how your daily activities are affected by high hypertension
• Current medical documentation, including blood pressure readings, MRIs, CT scans, stress testing, and blood work
• Evidence of failed therapies you have attempted, including medication, dietary and lifestyle modifications, physical therapy, massage therapy, or chiropractic adjustments

Your claim is reviewed by Social Security using a medical-vocational allowance based on your residual functional capacity, or RFC, if your hypertension prevents you from qualifying using the listing of impairments.

The RFC evaluation determines whether you can perform the work you have done in the past or adapt to a new type of work available in the national economy based on your age, education, work history, job skills, and constraints related to your disability.

In summary, it can be difficult to qualify for Social Security disability payments if you have high blood pressure, but disability benefits teams have been helping people in Northern California for 45 years. It can be too difficult for claimants to navigate the complicated and perplexing federal regulations and procedures on their own.