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Fuchs’ Corneal Dystrophy and Receiving Social Security

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy is a rare disease. Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy is a disorder that progresses slowly.

Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy involves the cornea of your eye. Your cornea is the transparent front surface of your eye.

Your endothelium (back surface of your cornea) will not permit an excess amount of fluid to accumulate in your cornea when your cornea is working like it ought to. Your endothelium cells start to slowly deteriorate and die when you are afflicted with Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy.

Fuchs’ is characterized by fluid accumulating in your cornea. This brings about a variety of problems with your vision that includes blindness.

Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy gets its name from the Austrian ophthalmologist, Ernst Fuchs. In 1910, he was the first person to describe this disease.

Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy is referred to in other ways. It is also known as endothelial corneal dystrophy, Fuchs’ dystrophy and endothelial dystrophy.

As has already been stated, this corneal dystrophy is a rare disorder of your eye. This disease affects only about 1% of the general population of the United States. Women are more likely to develop Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy than men are.

Only in rare instances does Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy affect the vision of people who are not in their 50s and 60s. This is true even though people who are in their 30s and 40s may show signs and symptoms of this disease. Are you experiencing signs and symptoms that may be an indication of Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy. If this is the case, this may enable you to obtain social security disability benefits like SSDI or SSI. A good decision is to get in touch with one of the social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com. The social security attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com are experienced when it comes to what it takes to get disability benefits.

In some instances, the thing that brings about Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy is not known. However, most of the time, this eye disorder is an inherited disease. What this means is that it is passed down to you from your parents.

The manner is which Fuchs’ corneal dystrophy is inherited is what is referred to as autosomal dominant. What this means is that if either one of your parents has the disease, you have a 50% chance of having it also.

The signs and symptoms that are produced by corneal dystrophy will affect both of your eyes in most cases. Some of the signs and symptoms that you may experience include:

  • Visual impairment, changes in your vision and distortion of your vision
  • Having difficulty with your vision at night
  • Epithelial blisters (tiny, painful blisters) that develop on the surface of your cornea as a result of excess fluid in your cornea
  • Your vision being blurred when you first wake up
  • Your vision gradually clearing through the remainder of the day
  • Seeing halos around lights (astigmatism)
  • A cloudy or hazy appearance to your cornea
  • Eye pain
  • A sensitivity to light
  • Blindness
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Developmental Reading Disorder and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

One of the most important skills that anyone can come to possess is the ability to read. In many different areas of life and learning, reading is a skill that is necessary and basic.

Developmental reading disorder is an impairment in your brain’s capacity to translate written images that are taken in by your eyes into meaningful language. Developmental reading disorder is a learning disability that may hinder your ability to read, spell, write and sometimes speak. If you have been diagnosed with developmental reading disorder, you may meet the requirements for obtaining social security disability benefits like SSDI or SSI. The SSI and SSDI attorneys at socialsecurityhome.com are the ones who can help determine this. Do not delay or put this off. Contact socialsecurityhome.com, today.

Developmental reading disorder is referred to in other ways. It is also known as specific reading disability and dyslexia.

There are different types of developmental reading disorder. Some of these are:

  • Primary developmental reading disorder – This form of the disorder is marked by a dysfunction of the left side of your brain (your cerebral cortex).
  • Secondary developmental reading disorder – This type of the disorder is believed  to be brought about by hormonal development in the early stages of fetal development.
  • Trauma developmental reading disorder – This kind of the disorder is usually the result of some type of trauma or brain injury to the part of your brain that controls reading and writing.

Developmental reading disorder is a common condition in the United States. It is estimated to affect somewhere around 2 to 30% of the general population of the United States. The most accepted estimate for this disorder is about 10%.

As just mentioned above, trauma developmental reading disorder is brought about by some kind of trauma or brain injury to that part of your brain that controls reading and writing. The other types of developmental reading disorder look as if they are caused by a malfunction in certain parts of your brain that have control of language. It is also possible that genetics (heredity) may have a part in leading to developmental reading disorder due to the fact that the disorder frequently runs in families.

There are several different signs and symptoms that may indicate that you have developmental reading disorder. Some of these include:

  • Reading at a level that is well below your expected level
  • Seeing letters or words in reverse when you read
  • Having problems processing and understanding what you are hearing
  • Having difficulty with spelling
  • Having problems with rhyming
  • Having problems with remembering the sequence of things
  • Not having the ability to sound out the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word
  • Having difficulty following more than one command at a time
  • Having trouble hearing and seeing similarities and differences in the letters and words that you look at
  • Having problems with learning a foreign language
  • Having difficulty with comprehending and understanding instructions that are given fast
  • Having problems determining the meaning (content, idea) of a simple sentence.

 

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Syracuse-related study raises serious questions about fairness of SSA disability judges

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

TRAC finds wide disparity among ALJ  rulings

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No study about SSA Disability in recent memory deserves more attention than the one recently released (and subsequently pooh-poohed by the SSA) from Syracuse University’s Trans­ac­tional Records Access Clear­ing­house (TRAC), a non-profit research orga­ni­za­tion.

Don’t let the system beat you down

If you (or a family member or friend) are one of the unlucky minions to feel trapped and ignored by the federal government’s program to aid disabled persons, please don’t let the findings of this admittedly bleak report stop you from pressing forward with your claim. If anything, this report should legitimize the idea that disability judges can be arbitrary in their rulings and therefore a trained, experienced disability attorney could be your best ally in this notoriously time-consuming process.

Huge disparity among judges’ approval rates

The following is from a Baltimore news site called Baltimore City Paper Blogs; it begins with a district centered in San Antonio, Texas–but the grim numbers apparently apply across the nation:

In San Anto­nio, Texas, peo­ple hop­ing to get Social Secu­rity dis­abil­ity pay­ments could see their cases assigned to any of 17 judges. The luck of this draw mat­ters a lot. One of the judges grants ben­e­fits in just 14 per­cent of cases. Another judge hands over benefits—which range from about $700 per month to about twice that—92 per­cent of the time.

That 78 per­cent dis­par­ity rate makes San Anto­nio the sec­ond most lottery-like sys­tem in the Social Secu­rity Administration’s arch­i­pel­ago of hear­ing offices, accord­ing to a data analy­sis by the Trans­ac­tional Records Access Clear­ing­house, a non-profit research orga­ni­za­tion housed at Syra­cuse Uni­ver­sity. (Dal­las is num­ber one, with 83 per­cent disparity).

“To a sur­pris­ing extent the records on dis­abil­ity deci­sions show again and again that even within the indi­vid­ual offices there is not a clear con­sen­sus among the judges about which claims should be awarded ver­sus which should be denied,” the authors of the report , David Burn­ham and Sue Long, write. “The prob­lem today is some­what worse than it was four and a half years ago.”

This study is from a group aligned with Syracuse University

In case you missed the in-line link, here it is again, the link to the report summary by TRAC, the research outfit aligned with Syracuse University, which reports studying nearly two million claims filed with the Social Security Administration. The report starts thusly:

A court-by-court analysis of close to two million Social Security Administration (SSA) claims has documented extensive and hard-to-explain disparities in the way the administrative law judges (ALJs) within the agency’s separate hearing offices decide whether individuals will be granted or denied disability benefits.

These findings — discussed in detail below — suggest that in many SSA hearing offices today, the chance a disability claim is granted or denied is often determined more by the particular judge assigned to handle it than by the facts and circumstances presented in the case. The findings further document that the problem is not simply the result of a few judges whose decisions are far out of line with those of other judges on the bench. Rather, the agency’s own case-by-case evidence demonstrates that the problem is systemic. To a surprising extent the records on disability decisions show again and again that even within the individual offices there is not a clear consensus among the judges about which claims should be awarded versus which should be denied.

Systemic.

That doesn’t sound good, as anyone with a systemic disease knows and understands. That means whatever the problem is, it’s not localized but instead spread throughout the entire system.

USA Today reports on ‘disparity’

Following is an excerpt from a recent USA Today report, illustrative of the perception of the status quo in such matters:

Congress and the agency’s inspector general have begun looking at the disparity. Yet both Social Security officials and advocates for the disabled say they are reluctant to interfere with the judges’ independence.

“Congress has been pretty enthusiastic about the idea of ALJ independence,” said Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue, adding that only “a handful” of judges have approval ratings above or below average.

“They can’t tell an ALJ how to decide cases, but they can make sure they follow the agency’s policies.” said Ethel Zelenske, government affairs director for the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives.

The Social Security Administration reports about 8.4 million disabled workers nationwide get an average monthly benefit of $1,069. Another 8.1 million low-income disabled people with little work history get about $500 a month in Supplemental Security Income. More than 2.9 million people applied for disability-worker benefits in fiscal year 2010, up 38% over the past five years, agency figures show.

To cope with the increase, Social Security has added about 200 judges in the past five years and streamlined the process of reviewing claims. The average wait time for a decision has steadily dropped, from a peak of 532 days in August 2008 to 354 days last month, agency data show.

TRAC responds to SSA’s response

To be fair, the SSA did respond to TRAC’s study-report, and TRAC’s response to that can be found here.

Just remember, we can help connect you with a compatible, trained attorney who can help you with your case–if nothing else, it’s possible that an experienced attorney might be able to steer your case toward a more reasonable outcome.

 

 

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Senior-Loken Syndrome and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
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Your kidneys have a crucial part to play in the way your body works, not only by getting rid of waste products and filtering your blood, but also by controlling your blood pressure, stimulating the production of red blood cells and balancing levels of electrolytes in your body.

Your kidneys are situated in your abdomen near the back. When things are normal, one is located on each side of your spine. The blood supply to your kidneys is through the renal arteries that come directly from your aorta, and they carry blood back to your heart through the renal veins to the vena cava. (The term “renal” is derived from the Latin name for kidney.)

Sensors within your kidneys determine how much water to excrete as urine. These sensors also decide your concentration of electrolytes when blood flows to your kidneys. For example, if you are dehydrated from sickness or exercise, your kidneys retain as much water as possible. Your urine becomes extremely concentrated. When you have enough water in your body your urine becomes clear and much more dilute.

Senior-Loken syndrome is a rare genetic (inherited) disorder. It is a disorder that involves the formation of cysts in the center of each of your kidneys that gradually cause your kidneys to lose their ability to function. Senior-Loken syndrome is evidenced by progressive wasting of the filtering unit of your kidney and progressive eye disease.

Senior-Loken disease is inherited in a manner that is known as autosomal recessive. What this means is that you have to inherit a defective (faulty) gene from each one of your parents in order to have the possibility of getting this syndrome.

There are several different signs and symptoms that you may have that may be an indication of Senior-Loken syndrome. Some of these include:

 

  • Excessive urination (polyuria)
  • Inability to concentrate urine
  • Renal salt wasting
  • Thirst
  • Kidney failure
  • Arterial hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Anemia
  • Metabolic acidosis
  • Thickening of kidney filtration tissues
  • Increased blood creatinine level
  • Increased blood urea nitrogen
  • Retinitis pigmentosa
  • Progressive vision loss
  • Blindness
  • Tubulointerstitial nephropathy
  • Tapetoretinal degeneration
  • Growth retardation
  • Mental retardation
  • Endstage kidney disease.
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Early-Onset Glaucoma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, June 30th, 2011
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Early-Onset Glaucoma and Receiving Social Security Disability

Glaucoma has the nickname “sneak thief of sight” because the loss of your visual field often takes place gradually over a long period of time and may only be discovered when it is already well advanced. In fact, as many as half of the people with glaucoma are not aware that they have this disorder.

Glaucoma is a major problem all over the world. Worldwide, glaucoma is the number one cause of irreversible blindness. In fact, as many as 6 million individuals are blind in both eyes because of this disorder. In the United States alone, it is estimated that over 3 million people have glaucoma.

Glaucoma occurs most often in older adults. The risk of older adults developing glaucoma can be affected by several different medical conditions. These include family history, hypertension (high blood pressure) and diabetes mellitus.

When an individual develops glaucoma before the age of 40, it is referred to as early-onset glaucoma. The risk of getting early-onset glaucoma is primarily determined by heredity.

There are different forms of early-onset glaucoma. These include primary congenital glaucoma and juvenile open-angle glaucoma.

Early-onset glaucoma occurs most often as a result of inheriting a defective (mutated) gene from your parents. Depending on the type of early-onset glaucoma that you have, you may inherit the possibility of developing this disorder in either an autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive pattern. If you get the defective gene from one of your parents, it is autosomal dominant. It is autosomal recessive if your get the mutated gene from both of your parents.

Although early-onset glaucoma is usually due to inheriting a defective gene from your parents, for reasons that doctors do not totally understand, intraocular pressure (increased pressure within your eye) is what is associated with the damage to your optic nerve that marks early-onset glaucoma. You could think of it in this way. The defective gene is what causes the increased pressure to take place in your eye. The increased pressure is what actually damages your optic nerve resulting in early-onset glaucoma.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may have with early-onset glaucoma. Some of these are:

  • Excessive tearing
  • Abnormal sensitivity to light
  • Eventual blindness
  • Reduction in peripheral (side) vision
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A Corneal Dystrophy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, April 21st, 2011
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Your cornea is your eye’s outermost layer. It is the clear, dome-shaped surface that covers the front of your eye.

Even though your cornea is clear and does not seem to have substance, it is really a highly organized group of proteins and cells. Your cornea, unlike most body tissues, does not have any blood vessels to protect it against infection or nourish it. Your cornea gets its nourishment from the tears and aqueous humor that fills the chamber behind it.

Your cornea has to stay transparent in order for it to refract light like it should. If even the tiniest blood vessels are in your cornea, this process may be interfered with. All of the layers of your cornea have to be free of any opaque or cloudy areas in order for you to have good vision.

Your cornea is arranged in five basic layers. They are:

  • Epithelium – This is your cornea’s outermost layer, and it comprises about 10% of your tissue’s thickness.
  • Bowman’s layer – This layer lies directly below the basement membrane of your epithelium.
  • Stroma – This layer is beneath Bowman’s layer, and it makes up about 90% of your cornea’s thickness.
  • Descemet’s membrane – This layer is under your stroma, and it functions as a protective barrier against injuries and infections.
  • Endothelium – This is the extremely thin, innermost layer of your cornea.

There are several disorders and diseases that affect your cornea. Some of these are ocular herpes, pterygium, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, keratoconus, iridocorneal endothelial syndrome, shingles, dry eye, corneal infections, allergies and conjunctivitis (pink eye).

A corneal dystrophy is one of a group of various disorders that affect your cornea. A corneal dystrophy is a condition in which one or more layers of your cornea lose their normal clarity because of a buildup of cloudy materials. There are over 20 corneal dystrophies that affect the layers of your cornea.

The signs and symptoms of a corneal dystrophy that you experience will vary depending on the location and extent of your corneal damage. Possible signs and symptoms include:

  • Lazy eye
  • Sensitivity to light
  • Blurred vision
  • Eye pain
  • Episodic eye pain
  • Blindness.

You or a loved one may have a corneal dystrophy. A corneal dystrophy and/or complications resulting from or other disabling conditions that you have along with this disorder may have led to you or your loved one’s disability and need for financial assistance.

You or your loved one may intend to apply for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by a corneal dystrophy and/or complications resulting from or other disabling conditions that you have along with this disorder. You or your loved one may have already done this and been turned down by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one plans on reapplying or appealing the denial, remember this. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who do not have a disability lawyer standing with them.

Please do not delay. Contact the disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Retinal Detachment and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
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Your retina is a light-sensitive layer at the back of your eye. It covers about 65% of the interior surface of your eye. Photosensitive cells that are called rods and cones inside of your retina convert incident light energy into signals that your optic nerve carries to your brain.

A small dimple that is called fovea centralis or the fovea lies in the middle of your retina. The fovea is where most color perception is located, and it is the center of your eye’s sharpest vision.

Retinal detachment is when your retina is pulled away from the underlying choroid. The choroid is a thin layer of blood vessels that supplies nutrients and oxygen to your retina.

When retinal detachment takes place, your retinal cells do not get the oxygen that they need. The longer that your retina is separated from your choroid, the greater is your risk of permanently losing your vision in your affected eye. In like manner, the sooner your retinal detachment is diagnosed and treated, the greater is the chance of your vision being saved in the affected eye.

Retinal detachment is relatively rare. It happens to about one in 15,000 people in the United States. This represents about 0.3% of the population. It happens most often in people who are middle-aged and older.

About 6% of people in the United States have a hole in their retina. However, most of the time, this does not develop into retinal detachment.

Even though retinal detachment is not painful, nearly always you have visual signs and symptoms that take place before it occurs. Some of these are:

§  A curtain or shadow over a part of your visual field

§  The sudden appearance of a lot of floaters, which are small bits of debris in your field of vision that seem to float in front of your eyes and that appear to be hairs, strings or spots

§  A sudden blur in your vision

§  Sudden flashes of light in one or both of your eyes

§  Darkening of your peripheral visual field.

You or a loved one may have or have had retinal detachment. Complications resulting from this condition may have resulted in you or your loved one’s disability.

You or your loved one may need help if this is true. You may need financial assistance.

You or your loved one may have considered applying for the financial help that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by complications resulting from retinal detachment. Have you or your loved one already taken this step and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one has decided to reapply or appeal the denial, here is something important for you to think about. People who have a disability lawyer on their side like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

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Glaucoma and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Friday, September 3rd, 2010
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Glaucoma has been nicknamed “sneak thief of sight” because the loss of visual field often occurs gradually over a long time and may only be recognized when it is already well advanced. Up to half of the people with glaucoma do not know that they have it.

Worldwide, glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness. In fact, as many as 6 million individuals are blind in both eyes because of this disease. In the United States alone, it is estimated that over 3 million people have glaucoma. Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States.

Glaucoma is a disease that affects the major nerve of your vision. This is your optic nerve. The optic nerve receives light from your retina and transmits impulses to your brain that you perceive as vision. Glaucoma is characterized by a particular pattern of progressive damage to your optic nerve that generally begins with a subtle loss of peripheral vision.

Glaucoma is usually, but not always, associated with elevated pressure in your eye. This is referred to as intraocular pressure. Usually, it is this elevated eye pressure that leads to the damage of your eye (optic) nerve.

In some cases, glaucoma may occur when you have normal eye pressure. Poor regulation of blood flow to your optic nerve may be the cause of this form of glaucoma.

There are different types or forms of glaucoma.  These are:

  • Primary open-angle glaucoma – This is the most common form of glaucoma, which accounts for most of the cases of this disease. The damage to your optic nerve is so painless and slow that a large portion of your vision may be lost before you even realize that there is a problem.
  • Angle-closure glaucoma – This form of glaucoma is less common and is also called closed-angle.
  • Primary or secondary glaucoma – Both primary open-angle and angle-closure glaucoma can be either primary or secondary conditions. They are considered to be primary when the cause of your glaucoma is unknown. They are secondary when the cause is known.
  • Low-tension glaucoma – This is a common, but poorly understood form of this disease.

The ways that you may be affected by glaucoma will vary according to the type that you have. Effects include:

  • Halos around lights
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Blurred vision
  • Severe eye pain
  • Reddening of your eye.

You or a loved one may be disabled because of glaucoma. If this is true, you may need financial help.

You or your loved one may have applied for that assistance from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits. Were you or your loved one denied?

If you plan to appeal the denial, remember this. People represented by a good disability lawyer like the one at Social Security Home are approved more often than those without an attorney.

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Retinitis Pigmentosa and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) refers to a group of inherited diseases that cause retinal degeneration. The cell-rich retina lines the back inside wall of your eye. Your retina is responsible for capturing images from the visual field.

People with retinitis pigmentosa experience a gradual decline in their vision because their photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) die. With retinitis pigmentosa, excessive amounts of a substance called phytanic acid accumulate and cause a great deal of damage to your retina.

Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited disease. Other than this, not much is known about what causes this disease.

You can get retinitis pigmentosa even if your father and mother do not have the disease.  This is possible if at least one of your parents carried an altered gene that is associated with this disease. In fact, about 1% of the population can be considered to be carriers of recessive genetic tendencies that can lead to retinitis pigmentosa.

One of the earliest ways that you may be affected by retinitis pigmentosa is night blindness or having difficulty seeing at night or in dimly lit places. Later, there is usually a very gradual loss of side or peripheral vision.

These signs and symptoms usually get worse over a period of years. If more than one member in a family gets retinitis pigmentosa, the rate of vision loss is usually similar with each affected member of the family.

There are other signs and symptoms of retinitis pigmentosa. Some of these are:

  • Clumping of retinal pigment
  • Loss of kinesthetic sense (sense of body movement)
  • Inflammation of your retina
  • Shrinkage of your retina
  • Dislodging of the blood vessels of your retina.

The effects caused by retinitis pigmentosa may be keeping you or a loved one from working. This condition may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

As a result, do you or your loved one need help? Do you need financial help?

Who can you turn to? Who can you look to for the financial aid that you need? Where will it come from?

Have you or your loved one applied for financial assistance from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by retinitis pigmentosa? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may plan on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, always keep this in mind.

You or your loved one may need a disability lawyer like the one you will find at Social Security Home to counsel and guide you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason for this being true is because people who are helped and represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

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Macular Degeneration and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Macular degeneration affects the macula. This is the part of your eye that allows your central vision. It does not hurt, but it causes cells in your macula to die.  As this deterioration or degeneration takes place, blurred central vision or a blind spot in the center of your visual field develops.

In some cases, this disease progresses so slowly that people notice little change in their vision. With other people, however, the disease advances faster and may lead to a loss of vision in both eyes.

Macular degeneration actually refers to a variety of eye diseases that affect your central vision. The most common eye disease is what is referred to as age-related macular degeneration.

There are 2 forms of age-related macular degeneration: dry and wet. The dry form of this disease is far more common than the wet.  About 85 to 90% of the cases of age-related macular degeneration are the dry form. The wet form, however, usually leads to more serious vision loss. In fact, the wet form is responsible for 90% of severe vision loss. The dry (atrophic) form involves a gradual blurring of your central vision. The wet (exudative or neovascular) form involves newly created abnormal blood vessels growing under the center of your macula.

Macular degeneration usually progresses painlessly and gradually. The effects of the wet form include:

§  A loss or decrease in your central vision
§  A central blurry spot
§  Visual distortions like straight lines appearing crooked or wavy, or objects appearing farther away or smaller than they should.

Effects of dry macular degeneration include:

  • Increasing blurriness of printed words
  • Difficulty recognizing faces
  • A need for increasingly bright light when you are doing close work or reading
  • A decrease in the intensity or brightness of colors
  • Increasing difficulty adapting to low levels of light
  • A gradual increase in the haziness of your overall vision
  • A blind or blurred spot in the center of your visual field combined with a large
  • drop in your visual acuity.

With either form of macular degeneration, one eye may see well for years while the other deteriorates. You may not notice much of a change because your good eye will compensate for the problem one.

Your lifestyle and vision are changed greatly when both of your eyes are affected. Some people experience hallucinations with macular degeneration.

You or a loved one may be disabled and in need of financial assistance because of the disability caused by macular degeneration. Have you applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration when you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits?

If you decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, always remember. People who are represented by a caring disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than those without a lawyer.

Do not wait. Contact the confident disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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