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Medical Condition Guidelines
Social Security Administration has established some specific guidelines for many different medical conditions. If your physical or mental condition meets these guidelines (known as the Listing of Impairments) it greatly increases the likelihood that you will be granted benefits. Also, if your condition does not exactly meet the criteria established…
Family members: You can be eligible for disability benefits too
Readers of this blog should be well aware that people who have severe, disabling illnesses and injuries are often eligible for government support through Social Security disability benefits. However, you might not know that family members of SSDI recipients may also qualify for benefits. These benefits can be of great help for…
Transportation workers face serious risks on the job
There are certain industries that come with more serious risks of injuries than other industries. For instance, if you work in public transportation in North Carolina, then you likely spend much more time in vehicles than other people, which can increase your chances of getting injured in an auto accident.…
SSR 85-28
Social Security Ruling 85-28 states that medical evidence must clearly establish an individual’s impairment(s) considered in combination, is not medically severe before the case can be denied at the initial stages. Although often unhelpful in some respects, the assessments by consultative examiners hired by the Social Security Administration can be…
3 types of damages you may receive after a car crash
Serious motor vehicle accidents can leave victims with severe injuries, life-long injuries and even fatal injuries. Even though these collisions typically last no more than a few seconds, the ramifications linger on long afterward. In this time after an accident, victims and their families often struggle with the enormous amount…
SSR 05-02
According to Social Security Ruling 96-3p, impairment is considered severe if it “significantly limits an individual’s physical or mental abilities to do basic work activities.” Under the same Guidelines, “an impairment that is ‘not severe’ might be a slight abnormality (or a combination of slight abnormalities) that has no more…
Legal guidance crucial in presenting medical evidence
If you are suffering from a mental or physical condition that is severe enough to disrupt your ability to care for yourself and do the things you used to do, then your medical issues are undoubtedly among your top concerns at any given time. Now, you and your doctors may…
Unsuccessful Work Attempt
According to the unsuccessful work attempt rule, employment activity does not demonstrate an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity if, after working no more than six months, an individual either stops work or reduces it below substantial gainful activity level for reasons related to his/her mental and physical impairments.…
Relief from pain in the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation System
What happens if you have healed from your workers compensation injury, but you still have severe pain? Say for instance you fell from a ladder and tore your ACL. After surgery and weeks of physical therapy, you are nearly healed, but you still have severe pain that keeps you from…
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