Fibromyalgia Disability Benefits

Can you get on Social Security disability for fibromyalgia? Yes, but it’s awfully hard. If you’ve got fibromyalgia, you already know that the diagnosis doesn’t get much respect from many doctors. Even though it’s real, many medical professionals treat it as if it were imaginary. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of this sentiment at Social Security.

It helps a lot in fibromyalgia cases if the diagnosis has been made by a rheumatologist. The patient with fibromyalgia need not continue to see a rheumatologist. The treatment options for fibromyalgia are quite limited. A family doctor can handle the management of fibromyalgia in most cases.

As in every case, age makes a big difference with Social Security disability cases. Also, Social Security will also look at every other health problem you have. You may be hurting all over but that bad knee may be the part that gets you found disabled. The arthritis in the knee shows up on an x-ray while the fibromyalgia all over doesn’t.