How to apply for disability after heart attack

Myocardial infarction is an acute disease of the heart muscle, resulting in the formation of foci of necrosis due to impaired circulation. Usually, this affliction entails the establishment of disability, which is determined based on the position of man in society, namely its ability to work and carry out self-service. Therefore, the bodies of medical social examination establishing the disability follow clear criteria.

If you experience signs of disability a physician performing medical treatment in hospital after suffering a myocardial infarction, or primary care physician advises to apply for disability, the establishment of which is the filling of medical documentation and seeking advice from the experts, the passage of laboratory and instrumental studies.

Thus, after making bags of sheet the patient is sent to the state medical and social examination (MSE), where the Commission will decide on the assignment of a particular disability group. It should be noted that the main task of experts is to determine how a person loses qualification in personal professional activity caused by disorder of the functions of his body due to illness. In addition, thanks to the medical-social expertise conducted activities aimed at the prevention of disability and rehabilitation of disabled persons and the implementation of their adaptation to social activities. Date of determination of disability due to myocardial infarction is considered from the date of receipt of all relevant documents to ITU.

The specific definition of disability after suffering a heart attack

Usually, patients suffering from daily attacks of angina pectoris, symptoms of congestive heart failure that is not curable, recognized disabled, so that they established disability of the first group after myocardial infarction. Patients with significant violations of the functions of the heart after surgical myocardial revascularization assigned to the second group of disability with disabilities. Be aware that the employment of such people is under the condition of maintenance therapy with moderate exercise. Patients whose condition is characterized by slight and moderate damage to the heart, but not having the opportunity to engage in the usual work, get a disability of the third group with restrictions in labor. It is possible that the definition of disability by the Commission indefinitely, but only if the prognosis of rehabilitation is not a favorable outcome.

Banned specialty postinfarction patients

Regardless of the type of infarction, presence or absence of serious violations of functions of heart patients after myocardial infarction is absolutely contraindicated the following types of work:
- drivers of public and freight transport;
geologists, builders;
- postal workers, salespeople, couriers;
- guards, guards; crane operators, spidermen
- the pilots, flight attendants;
- telephone operator;
- maintenance of electrical installations;
- the production of cigarettes and work with lead, benzene.