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Spinal Stenosis and Social Security Benefits

September 16, 2013

Many Indiana residents suffer from severe back problems that make it difficult if not impossible to work.  While back problems can vary, many individuals complain of back pain.  Back pain can result in an inability to stand, walk, and sit for certain periods of time.  If you have been denied disability benefits from the Social […]

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and obtaining Social Security Disability Benefits

May 2, 2013

In my Indianapolis disability practice, I see an increasing number of people suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and other digestive impairments.  One difficulty these clients experience when trying to convince the Social Security Administration (SSA) they are disabled is that they usually do not have any outward signs and symptoms.  I represent hundreds of […]

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Filing Your Initial Social Security Disability Application

April 25, 2013

I receive numerous telephone calls from my Indiana neighbors asking how to file an initial Social Security disability application. I typically recommend that they start the application process on their own, because most of the initial application involves providing information to the Social Security Administration (SSA) that only the claimant will know.  It is usually […]

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Pain and Your Social Security Disability Hearing

April 22, 2013

I have found through many years of practicing disability law that each person’s experience of pain is unique.  I have noticed that some of my clients who have similar diagnoses and test results describe the nature and intensity of their pain very differently, and their pain affects each one’s ability to complete daily activities to […]

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Pain and Your Social Security Disability Hearing

April 22, 2013

I have found through many years of practicing disability law that each person’s experience of pain is unique.  I have noticed that some of my clients who have similar diagnoses and test results describe the nature and intensity of their pain very differently, and their pain affects each one’s ability to complete daily activities to […]

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Social Security Disability Benefits

April 19, 2013

In my experience as a disability attorney that also handles cases for carpal tunnel syndrome, my clients who suffer from conditions that cause the loss or limited use of their upper extremities (i.e., their shoulders, arms, and/or hands) have great difficulty finding and maintaining employment. The Social Security Administration (SSA) generally recognizes that a person […]

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