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MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and Your Rights to Social Security Disability

Nancy Cavey — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:29:29 +0000

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system.

There are approximately over 400,000 people in the United States with MS and over 200 new cases are diagnosed each week.

Having symptoms of MS include fatigue, motor weakness, poor balance, poor sensitivity, pain, cognitive impairment and mood disorders.

If you have been diagnosed with MS, you may be entitled to Social Security Disability benefits. Social Security Disability benefits can provide financial assistance in the form of monthly Social Security Disability benefits. Once you have been on Social Security Disability benefits for two years, you are also eligible for Medicare, which can provide you with medical treatment.

If you or a family member has applied for Social Security Disability benefits because of MS or has complications and has been denied. You should immediately appeal that decision with the assistance of a MS Social Security Disability attorney. Why? People who are represented by a MS Social Security Disability attorney are approved more often then people who are not represented by a lawyer. Sharon Barrett, a St. Petersburg Florida Social Security Disability attorney may be able to help you with your claim if you suffer from MS.

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For more information about Social Security Disability Benefits, visit our law firm web site at CaveyLaw.com. If you would like to speak with one of our Social Security Disability Benefits attorneys about your case, feel free to call us anytime at (727) 897-9117 or simply submit our contact form and we will get back to you quickly.

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What You Didn’t Know About Social Security Disability Claims and Spinal Cord Injuries

Nancy Cavey — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:19:44 +0000

Did you know that every forty one minutes there is a spinal cord injury in the United States. There are over 11,000 new cases according the United States Spinal Association.

If you’ve sustained a spinal cord injury, you may be entitled to Social Security Disability benefits, including Medicare benefits.

According the United States Spinal Association, the first year cost for a spinal cord injury range from $209,000 and $710,000. Every year thereafter, annual health care costs range from $14,000 to $127,000.

It’s crucial that you apply for Social Security benefits immediately because it provides not only disability income but also Medicare benefits.

At Cavey and Barrett, your spinal cord injury Social Security Disability law firm, we assist individuals in securing the needed Social Security Disability income and medical benefits through Medicare that this catastrophic injury requires. Contact us today to help you with your Social Security Disability claim.

Social Security Disability Benefits: Back Fusions

Nancy Cavey — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:01:45 +0000

One of the most devastating conditions you can have is a back injury that results in a herniated or collapsed disc. As part of your treatment you might often only have to undergo a back fusion where your discs are fused.

Back fusions can improve your condition and help with back pain but, unfortunately, can possibly make you condition worse.

At Cavey and Barrett, we represent individuals who suffer from chronic back pain or have undergone surgery including back fusions.

If you are unable to work as a result of a herniated disc or your doctor has told you that you need a back fusion, you should immediately apply for disability. However, be prepared to be denied because 70% of all claims are turned down at the initial application stage.

When you get turned down for you back fusion in a Social Security Disability claim you should immediately appeal the disability denial. Many people who are denied Social Security Disability benefits for back fusions at the initial claims level or reconsideration level are later approved at the disability hearing level when they get to present their case to the administrative law judge.

If your claim for Social Security Disability benefits as a result of back fusion has been denied contact Social Security Disability expert, Sharon Barrett who can assist you with winning your Social Security Disability claim.

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Social Security Benefits and Spinal Stenosis

Nancy Cavey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:49:19 +0000

Spinal Stenosis involves the narrowing of lumbar or cervical spine which causes a painful compression of the nerve roots.

Symptoms include back pain that spreads to the legs, difficulty, imbalance or weakness when walking, leg and neck pain and numbness and pain in the buttocks, thighs or calves that worsens with standing, walking.

Spinal stenosis affects middle age to elderly people and can be caused by osteoarthritis, Paget’s disease or my an injury that causes pressure on the nerve roots or the spinal cord.

You may entitled to Social Security Disability benefits as a result of Spinal Stenosis for more information about your rights to Social Security Disability benefits or for your free no obligation guide to “Your Rights to Social Security Disability Benefits,” call 727-894-3188 or visit our website at www.caveylaw.com.

Social Security Benefits for Fibromyalgia | St. Petersburg Social Security Disability Lawyer

Nancy Cavey — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:55:41 +0000

The Social Security Administration has acknowledged that fibromyalgia is not diagnosed based on gold standard objective testing like MRI’s or x-rays. The American College of Rheumatology has created a standard for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia which is, in part, based on subjective response you make while being examined.

An administrative law judge cannot reject the treating physician’s opinion regarding work-related limitations based on the absence of objective evidence.

However, I always like to have the treating physician and my client on the same page about your physical activities and restictions and limitations. I use a fibromyalgia residual functional disability form. Contact Nancy Cavey, a St. Petersburg Social Security disability attorney for a copy of the fibromyalgia residual functional disability form.