SSDI

A spinal cord injury can be a devastating event, and it only takes a split second and a single event: A car accident, a fall from a ladder, an injury while playing sports -- any of those things could do it. When a spinal cord injury (SCI) happens, it can change your...

Skin cancer has a reputation for a high degree treatability, but the facts are a bit more complicated. As with most other cancers, it is more treatable when discovered in the early stages. If skin cancer has the chance to grow and spread, treatment becomes more...

A person who is injured or has a medical condition that prevents them from working might be told to file for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability (SSD) insurance. It’s imperative that anyone who’s going to file understands what kinds of...

Social Security has notoriously strict rules for qualifying to receive disability benefits, with many cases initially resulting in denial. It requires you to demonstrate, including through medical records, that you have an extraordinary limit regarding your earning...

If you have recently become disabled, you want to begin looking into your legal and financial options with an SSDI claim. You have likely never used this system before, though, so it can often feel intimidating and you may not know where to start.  The best place to...

Back surgery is major surgery. If you have suffered an injury -- in a workplace accident, for instance, or a car accident -- you may have emergency surgery to try to preserve mobility and feeling. If you have a degenerative condition or some other such health...

The Black Hole of Calcutta in India measured 18ft by 14ft-10in with two small windows. It was a dungeon. In The Great Escape, Steve McQueen's character was known as The Cooler King because he survived so much time in solitary confinement. Being locked up in a small...

If you’re planning to apply for Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), you’ll want to put your best case forward -- and that isn’t always an easy proposition. Before you ever sit down to fill out the application, you’ll need to have a long list of documents in your...

You’re disabled. More than likely, you aren’t working at all. If you are working, the few dollars you bring in each day are definitely not going to stretch very far. So, how are you expected to hire an attorney if your Social Security Disability (SSD) claim is denied?...

When you’re applying for Social Security Disability benefits based on your history of mental health concerns, you will still need to prove that your mental health makes it impossible for you to work. Your condition will need to last for at least 12 months or be...