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Can You Get Social Security Disability for Hepatitis C & other Liver Disease?

Living with liver disease, including Hepatitis C, takes real toll on your life. But there is hope that you can find calm: Social Security Disability benefits.

Disability benefits for liver disease offer financial relief and access to crucial health care when your health keeps you from working.

Your diagnosis alone doesn’t guarantee approval. You have to show how your symptoms sharply limit your ability to work for at least 12 months. Lachman & Gorton Law Office helps you make this case.

Our disability lawyers have helped thousands of Upstate New Yorkers, from Binghamton to Rochester and Elmira, get the support they deserve.

You deserve to feel secure again when Hepatitis C or liver disease has scrambled your life. We help make that happen.

How Social Security Disability Looks at Liver Disease

Social Security recognizes liver disease as a potentially disabling condition.

It includes symptoms such as:

  • Persistent jaundice or swelling
  • Regular bleeding tendencies
  • Severe weakness and cognitive confusion

To qualify for disability benefits with liver disease, you must show ongoing impairment despite treatment.

A particular liver disease, Hepatitis C, is officially listed under digestive disorders in Social Security’s listing of impairments that can qualify you for disability benefits.

To meet the requirements of this listing, you need evidence of two or more liver-related complications over a six-month period, like:

  • Significant fluid buildup or bleeding,
  • Hepatic encephalopathy (confusion, disorientation),
  • Portal hypertension complications
  • Liver transplant or need for one
  • Advanced liver scarring (fibrosis/cirrhosis).

Even if your condition doesn’t neatly fit this description, you may still qualify for disability based on your “residual functional capacity,” a measure from Social Security of what you can do despite your health struggles.

Weakening, weight loss, severe fatigue, brain fog and digestive issues can all lower your overall functioning to a level that disqualifies you for full-time work.

But in your particular case, can you get Social Security Disability for Hepatitis C or liver disease? Every case is different. You can find out more about your options by talking to the New York disability attorneys at Lachman & Gorton in a consultation, no charge.

Get a free disability claim consultation for liver disease or Hepatitis C.

Building a Strong Disability Case for Hepatitis C and Liver Disease

Social Security Disability denies most people who apply. But you can do several things to build a stronger disability case when you live in New York state. Start by gathering:

  • Medical records: biopsy results, ultrasound/CT scans, lab values (liver enzymes, bilirubin), and transplant evaluation documentation
  • Hospital & treatment history: records of procedures, bleeding episodes, encephalopathy or transplant evaluations
  • Symptom diaries: notes about daily fatigue, abdominal pain, medication side effects and cognitive issues
  • Physician statements: Reports from your gastroenterologist or hepatologist to detail how your symptoms affect your daily life and ability to work

The more detailed and consistent your documentation, the stronger your case.

If liver disease or Hepatitis C prevents you from working, the critical next step is applying for disability benefits.

If you already applied and have been denied, as commonly happens, then your next step is to add evidence and arguments in a disability benefits appeal.

This requires careful evidence gathering, powerful documentation, and a convincing presentation of your medical limitations.

At Lachman & Gorton, we can:

  • Guide you through gathering the right medical evidence
  • Assist in crafting a precise and compelling disability application
  • Handle appeals or hearings if SSA denies your claim
  • Keep you informed at every stage—because you deserve someone who cares and listens while you deal with a difficult system

You don’t pay a Social Security Disability lawyer up front. You only pay an attorney when we win benefits for you.

If Hepatitis C or other liver diseases have altered the course or your life, making it impossible to make a living, the Lachman & Gorton disability lawyers work hard to help you restore your sense of peace and hope.

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