PTSD can be disabling — and compensable.
Post-traumatic stress disorder can qualify for Social Security disability for veterans and civilians alike. We build the record that proves how it limits your ability to work.
How SSA evaluates a PTSD claim.
PTSD is evaluated under SSA’s trauma- and stressor-related disorders listing. For veterans, the VA record — C&P exams, rating decisions, service treatment records — is powerful supporting evidence the SSA must consider.
The functional test governs. SSA assesses the same four areas — understanding and memory; interacting with others; concentrating and maintaining pace; and adapting or managing yourself. Documented intrusive memories, hypervigilance, avoidance, and mood and sleep disturbance build the picture.
Whether your trauma is combat-related or civilian, consistent mental-health treatment and clear provider statements about your functional limits are what make a PTSD claim provable.
How SSA evaluates PTSD claims.
SSA evaluates the functional impact of your condition — how it limits your ability to sustain full-time work — not the diagnosis alone.
PTSD-related limitations SSA evaluates.
These are the functional limitations that most often determine whether a ptsd claim is approved.
Hypervigilance and concentration
PTSD makes sustained focus and a normal work pace extremely difficult. We document how symptoms disrupt your ability to function through a full workday.
Avoidance and triggers
Avoidance behaviors and trauma triggers can rule out many work environments. We show how they limit the jobs you could realistically hold.
Sleep, mood, and reliability
Sleep disturbance and mood symptoms drive absenteeism and unreliability — central to many winning PTSD claims.
Winning disability for ptsd: what we do.
Disability law is all we do. Here’s how we build a ptsd claim that wins.
Build the record
Compile your full treatment record — and, for veterans, your VA C&P exams and rating decisions.
Functional opinion
Obtain a detailed functional opinion documenting marked limitations in SSA’s terms.
Hearing-ready
Prepare you to describe your symptoms and their daily impact at your hearing — we know it’s hard to talk about.
PTSD SSDI questions.
Can I get SSDI for PTSD?
Does my VA rating help my SSDI claim?
Can I get VA disability and SSDI for PTSD at the same time?
What if my PTSD is from civilian trauma?
What evidence strengthens a PTSD claim?
What does it cost to hire you?
PTSD keeping you from working? Let’s review.
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