Disability for Cancer

Disability Benefits for Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer occurs when cells in the urinary bladder grow out of control. Bladder cancer usually starts in the cells lining the inside of the bladder (transitional cells).

Disability Benefits for Colon or Rectal Cancer

Social Security has specific criteria you must meet for your colon cancer to qualify for benefits.

Disability Benefits for Kidney Cancer

If your kidney cancer is in its advanced stages, you will automatically qualify for benefits.

Disability Benefits for Leukemia

Leukemia is caused by the bone marrow making abnormal white cells that don’t die when they are supposed to.

Social Security Disability Benefits for Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is a particularly debilitating type of cancer that occurs in your lungs. A past history of smoking can greatly increase the possibility of obtaining this cancer.

Disability Benefits for Mesothelioma

There are three ways to get Social Security disability benefits for mesothelioma. Learn about them here.

Disability Benefits for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

If your Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is aggressive or requires more than one round of treatment within one year, you will qualify for Social Security benefits.

Disability Benefits for Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic carcinoma is automatically eligible for disability benefits.

Disability Benefits for Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer occurs when cells in the prostate grow out of control. The prostate is a small walnut-shaped gland that wraps around the male urethra.

Disability Benefits When You're Having Chemo for Testicular Cancer

Chemo alone will not qualify you for disability benefits, but if you have long-term side effects from chemo, or if this is your second round of chemo, you have a better chance of getting benefits.

SSDI Benefits for Breast Cancer Patients

To qualify for SSDI benefits or SSI based on breast cancer, you must be unable to work and your breast cancer must have lasted for one year or more -- or be expected to last a year or more.

Disability Benefits for Uterine or Ovarian Cancer

If cancer cells begin growing in your uterus, that is called uterine cancer, and if the cells start growing in your ovaries, that is known as ovarian cancer.

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability

Nolo's disability book, written by a doctor and former chief medical consultant for Social Security, explains how Social Security makes disability determinations for cancer patients.

Getting Disability Benefits for Cancer

A diagnosis of cancer often causes a great deal of fear in affected patients and their families, but whether a patient will qualify for Social Security disability benefits depends on how the diseas

Social Security Disability Process for Cancer Patients

Qualifying for Social Security disability benefits for cancer can be straightforward for some aggressive cancers (such as pancreatic, liver, thyroid, mesothelioma, and esophageal cancers), but for others, you'll need to provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) with convincing evidence to show

Immediate Disability Benefits for Cancer Victims

Some impairments are so serious, and certain to qualify for disability benefits, that the Social Security Administration (SSA) expedites the handling of applications for benefits based on these imp