Hi Jeff - I was referring to Social Security Disability. Like most disabilities, unless you're deemed permanently disabled up front, you are reviewed every so often to determine your medical status to see if you've recovered enough to be employed in your vocation again. I am not sure (or doubt) it's the labeling of the illness or injury that decides whether it qualifies or not, it's the extent of which the handicap prevents you from being able to perform with reasonable accommodation. A lot of my frustration with this Idiopathic Neuropathy and not wanting to accept that the search for my diagnosis and cure is over is the huge financial loss from not being employed. SS Disability, while it helps, is a small fraction of what my earning potential was, and some folks in society make you feel like scum for getting a "handout", though I'm over that. I just wish the medical world could help research this thing & try harder to understand so those of us who need to work can get back to earning money and work on our retirement financial goals. SS Disability ends or transfers to regular SS when you get to the normal retirement age the government defines, but I'd rather get my old income back before then. I don't know all the rules of disability, so I'd contact your local office for an appointment to review if you have questions. I thought it was all the same in the USA as a Federal program, not by individual state. I also am not sure what the rules are if you have private disability.