Can you Get Disability Benefits for a Back or Spine Injury? - YouTube

Can you get disability benefits for a back or spine injury?

Hello, I'm Marc Whitehead a board certified disability attorney an author of the disability

help books, The Social Security Disability Puzzle, Disability Insurance Policy How To

Unravel the Mystery, and Veterans Disability Claims Strategies For a Winning Campion.

Some form of back disability affects most people at one time or another inhibiting there

ability to work.

The bulk of back injuries are short term and workers are able to resume there employment.

Yet for some a disabling back injury can turn into a lifetime of pain that tears at the

quality of life.

Back disability claims are retainly challenged by insurance companies, the social security

administration and the department of veterans affairs.

If this been your experience it may be time to seek legal help in order to prove your

indeed disabled.

If your disability claim is based on a group employee benefits plan or a private disability

insurance plan the insurance company will do there best to deny your claim based on

insufficient medical records and many other arguments.

Employee benefits and private disability insurance are governed by very different laws.

Determining whether your claim is governed under federal ERISA law is extremely important.

The ultimate issue would be whether you could still preform your own occupation or in some

cases whether you can preform any occupation that will pay a certain percentage of your

former salary.

The Social Security Disability evaluation is different in that is doesn't focus on a

person diagnosis.

Social Security disability is based upon the functional limitations the claimant has.

Your back disability must be judge severe enough to prevent you from performing substantial

gainful activity for 12 months or more.

The social security administration explains there complex disability determination process

in there publication known as the listings of impairments.

Most back cases are evaluated under section 1.04 of the listings.

Veterans suffering from service connected back injuries are often denied VA disability

benefits.

If the veterans claim is approved it's common for them to be assigned an unsatisfactory

disability rating.

Neck and back injury claims are some of the most demanding and disputed VA disability

cases.

The VA offers veterans an exhaustive guide that describes how back disability and other

impairments of the muscular skeletal system are determined and rated.

You can find it in the VA publication knows as the schedule for rating disabilities.

What type of back conditions might qualify for disability benefits.

Well a back disability may refer generally to an injury or disorder of the back or spine

area.

Spinal injuries are back disorders that intel specific damage to the spine itself including

nerve damage to the spinal cord.

Progressive conditions that often result in spinal injury and back disability are things

such as disintegrative disc disease, scoliosis, spinal stenosis, bulging or herniated disc,

osteoporosis, or sciatica.

Some times the treatment for back and spine injuries can worsen the condition.

Pain medications or treatments can also cause disabling side affects and debilitating symptoms.

For more on how to prove your back condition qualifies you for disability benefits download

one or all of our three free eBooks The Social Security Disability Puzzle, Disability Insurance

Policies How to Unravel the Mystery, or Veterans Disability Claims Strategies For a Winning

Campion.

By visiting our website at www.disabilitydenails.com for a free downloadable copy or call 1-800-562-9830

to discuss your particular disability issue.

I'm Marc Whitehead, thanks for watching.