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Medical Community Pushes for TBI To Be Reclassified as a Chronic Disease

Chronic diseases can completely change the quality of a person's life. Many patients who are diagnosed with a chronic disease find it necessary to seek Social Security disability benefits. These benefits can help cover lost wages.

Some in the medical field are now calling for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) to be reclassified as a chronic disease. New research indicates that TBI, which can affect various systems in the body, may lead to other disorders and diseases that reduce a patient's life expectancy.

For this reason researchers believe that TBI should be defined as a chronic disease and treated as such. This could lead to better treatment and care to patients who suffer from it.

While most individuals who receive a traumatic brain injury fully recover, there are more than 90,000 people who don't. Every year in the United States, 90,000 individuals become permanently disabled due to TBI. Estimates show that there are currently 3.5 million people in the United States who are disabled because of a brain injury.

TBI is found to be associated with the following disorders:

• non-neurological;
• neurological;
• psychological/psychiatric;
• neurodegenerative; and
• neuroendocrine.

If you suffer from TBI or a chronic disease, you may qualify for Social Security disability benefits. Contact a Social Security disability attorney who can advise you of eligibility.

Get a FREE Social Security disability guide and avoid the common mistakes many claimants make during their application or appeal. If you or your loved is suffering from a severe physical or mental disability, contact The Law Offices of LaVan & Neidenberg, P.A. 1-888-234-5758