Cardiovascular System, Heart Conditions and Social Security Disability

Now let us assume that you do not meet or equal listed impairment. You must now prove you are disabled by going through steps four and five of the process Social Security uses to determine if you are disabled. Take a moment to look at the above link that explains all five steps. As you can see, your age education and past work experience are considered at steps four and five. What is essential at the steps is how your heart condition along with any other medical conditions you have functionally limits you. You must be able to show that you're functional limitations prevent you from doing your previous work that you did in the past 15 years and if you are able to show that then you would move to step five of the process. Whether you have to show you are limited to less than sedentary work, sedentary work, or sometimes even light work to be found disabled depends upon your age education and past work. For a more detailed description see my page about the medical vocational guidelines commonly referred to as the Grid Rules. So if you do not meet or equal a listed impairment it is imperative for your case to get your doctors opinion of your limitations from your cardiac and other medical conditions. You can do this by getting a report from your doctor that explains your medical condition and how it limits you or by having your doctor fill out a residual functional capacity form also called an RFC form.