Can I Get Social Security Disability Benefits for Diabetes? How
Does the Social Security Administration Decide if I Qualify for
Disability Benefits for Diabetes? If you have diabetes, Social
Security disability benefits may be available. To determine
whether you are disabled by diabetes, the Social Security
Administration first considers whether your diabetes is severe
enough to meet or equal a listing at Step 3 of the Sequential
Evaluation Process. See Winning Social Security Disability
Benefits for Diabetes by Meeting a Listing. If your diabetes is
not severe enough to equal or meet a listing, the Social
Security Administration must assess your residual functional
capacity (RFC) (the work you can still do, despite your
diabetes), to determine whether you qualify for benefits at Step
4 and Step 5 of the Sequential Evaluation Process. See Residual
Functional Capacity Assessment for Diabetes. The complete name
for diabetes is diabetes mellitus. Also known as “sugar”
diabetes, diabetes mellitus is a hormonal di