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My son has been diagnosed with primary generalized epilepsy would he qualify for ssi?
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Maybe: Ssi is geared for persons with severe disabilties. Epilepsy can often be well controlled, and in that case would not qualify. Let's hope you don't qualify!
Answered 3/21/2015
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