Case Study: Cerebral Vascular Income Determination

Cerebral Vascular Accident Case Argument for Social Security Disability Income Determination

I evaluated the following case study from Medical, Psychosocial and Vocational Aspects of Disabilities the fourth edition, Brodwin, Siu, Howard, Brodwin, & Du (2014) and presented a case argument including a vocational argument in favor of La Shaun Jackson’s award for Social Security Disability Income (SSDI).

“La Shaun Jackson is a 59-year old African American widow with an adopted 15-year old boy who has a record of substance abuse and juvenile delinquency. She has worked as a Claims Processor for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Fresno, California for over five years. Prior to returning to school to earn her Associates of Arts Degree in accounting,

The review of her residual functional capacity along with her vocational profile exhibits that she is a candidate for Social Security Disability (SSDI). The multiple effects of the hemorrhagic CVA including her current cognitive functioning at an 80 percent level in combination with La Shaun being a person of advanced age according to the Social Security regulations demonstrate that she would be unable to learn a new position. Over six years ago La Shaun was awarded an Associate in Arts degree and her work history consist of semiskilled work in a sedentary setting. La Shaun’s current position as an IRS Claims Processor requires multitasking in a fast-paced environment with the ability to communicate clearly on the phone and in person. La Shaun would not be able to execute the required tasks required by her employer as La Shaun’s ability to communicate has been severely impacted as her dominant side has hemiplegia and her speech is slurred as a result of the stroke. La Shaun would also be required to work in a stressful environment as she is expected to communicate with customers about problems with their claims and she is only released to work in a non-stressful environment. La Shaun lacks emotional support her husband passed and she is the sole caretaker for her adopted 15-year-old son who suffers from drugs and juvenile delinquency. away and her physical condition deteriorated before the stroke she suffered from hypertension and chorionic headaches since she was 46 years old and struggled with obesity her entire life with her weight steadily increasing her entire life. successfully fulfilled working credits. After 8 months, she is not a full capacity and will remain permanently disabled for longer than 12