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Prostate Cancer and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

You may have prostate cancer. This disease may be why you are disabled and in need of financial assistance.

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by prostate cancer? Were you denied?

If you are thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something that you need to think about. People who are represented by an experienced disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved in this process more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not put this off. It is far too important. Contact the established disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

Prostate cancer is a cancer that begins in your prostate. Cancer is named by where it begins in your body. No matter where it may spread in your body, it is always named by where it began.

Your prostate is the small walnut-shaped gland in the male reproductive system that produces seminal fluid. This is the fluid that transports and nourishes sperm. Prostate cancer occurs when cells of your prostate mutate and begin to multiply out of control. These cells may spread (metastasize) from the prostate to other parts of your body, especially your bones and lymph nodes.

Prostate cancer can only occur in men because the prostate is exclusively a part of the male reproductive tract. It is a common and serious problem for men in the United States. Prostate cancer is the 2nd most common type of cancer in American men. Only skin cancer is more common. Each year, prostate cancer is the diagnosis for one out of every three men who are diagnosed with cancer in the United States.

Prostate cancer usually grows slowly. For a while it remains confined to your prostate gland, where it may not cause serious harm. On the other hand, some types of prostate cancer are aggressive and can spread quickly.

One of the difficult things about prostate cancer is that it usually does not involve any noticeable signs or symptoms in the early stages. For this reason, many cases of prostate cancer are not discovered until after it has spread out of your prostate.

When signs and symptoms do occur, they usually depend on how far the cancer has spread or how advanced it is. Early signs and symptoms can involve urinary problems. Some of these are starting and stopping while urinating, decreased force of the urine stream and trouble urinating.

When prostate cancer involves areas around your prostate, there can be blood in your semen and urine. When it has spread to the lymph nodes in your pelvis, you may have pain in your pelvic area or swelling in your legs. In the advanced stages of prostate cancer when it has spread to your bones, you may experience bone fractures, compression of your spine and pain in your bones that will not go away.

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How much does it cost to hire a Social Security Disability Attorney?

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Most Social Security Disability Attorneys work on a contingency fee basis. This means they will only be paid if they win your Social Security Disability case. If you receive Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security income, as of June 2009, they are allowed to charge a fee equal to 25 percent of your back pay with a maximum level of $6,000. Under certain conditions, your disability attorney may request additional fees to be paid, but they would be outlined under a fee petition. It is important to discuss all fees and expected costs of settling your Social Security Disability claim with your Social Security Disability Lawyer prior to agreeing to let them represent you.

SSI Attorneys and SSDI Attorneys are paid their fee from the Social Security Administration in a disbursement before the Social Security Administration sends your settlement check to you.

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Can my Social Security Disability Attorney expedite my Social Security Disability Claim?

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

In most cases the answer to this question is no, but the goal of hiring a disability attorney is not to speed up or expedite your Social Security Disability case but to increase your chances of receiving Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits.

Unfortunately, many claimants who receive benefits will only do so after their case has been heard by the Administrative Law Judge at the Social Security Disability Hearing. The Social Security Disability process can be extremely slow and the time it takes for your case to be processed can depend on the case load of the Social Security examiner who is reviewing you Social Security Disability application, the time it takes to receive your medical records from the doctors and hospitals you have visited and the number of cases up for review before the Administrative Law Judge who will review your Social Security Disability claim.

If a disability lawyer can not speed up your case, you may wonder if there is anything that can be done to expedite your Social Security claim. The answer is maybe. Gathering medical records is a very time consuming activity for not only the Social Security Administration office but also for your Social Security Disability Attorney. If you are in the application, reconsideration or Social Security Disability hearing level, and you have copies of your medical records, it may expedite your claim if you provide your medical records to your Social Security Attorney. Your disability attorney can coordinate submitting the medical records at the time they submit your Social Security Disability paperwork.

In some instances, a claimant may have a situation which is considered “dire need”. It may help to submit a dire need letter with all the proper information: past due bills, mortgage notices, etc. which will prove you lack the financial resources to support your self. Your Social Security Disability Attorney can ensure the letter is file appropriately. The dire need letter may convince the court to speed up their disability decision.

The final method to expedite your Social Security Disability decision is to submit an “on-the-record-review” of your case. This can be done after your Social Security Disability Attorney has made a request for your Social Security Disability hearing before the Administrative Law Judge.

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Why doesn’t the SSDI Attorney or SSI Attorney complete the Social Security Disability Application?

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Many claimants request that the Disability Lawyer complete their initial Social Security Disability application, but most SSI and SSDI Attorneys do not have the time or resources to complete the initial Social Security Disability Application for each of their clients. The Social Security Disability information the claimant will be required to complete includes: all Social Security Disability forms related to the claimant’s work history, medication information and the log of their daily activities.

After the initial Social Security Application is complete, the Social Security Disability Attorney will file all appeal paperwork for the reconsideration and the Social Security Disability Hearing, maintain copies of all paperwork submitted to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and all other offices and complete all follow-up calls to ensure the appropriate Social Security Disability forms have been received by the SSA.

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What does a Social Security Disability Lawyer do?

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Hiring a Social Security Attorney will increase your chances of winning Social Security Disability benefits. The disability attorney can give you Social Security Disability help and answer all of your Social Security Disability questions. In addition, the disability lawyer will perform the following tasks for you:

  • Verify all your information was accurate on your initial Social Security Disability application.
  • Gather and review all of your medical information for the Social Security Disability reconsideration and Social Security Disability hearing.
  • Prepare your Social Security Disability appeal paperwork for the Reconsideration.
  • Prepare your Social Security Disability Case for the Social Security Disability hearing before the Administrative Law Judge. This will include prepping you to testify before the judge, organizing documents and preparing their arguments for the medical and vocational experts.
  • Answer your questions about the Social Security Disability appeals process

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Can I file a Social Security Disability Claim with out a Social Security Disability Attorney’s help?

Friday, August 28th, 2009

It is possible to file your Social Security Disability application by yourself, but unfortunately, if you are denied at the initial level for either SSDI or SSI benefits, in most cases you will also be denied at the reconsideration level as well (certain states do not have a reconsideration level and you will skip straight to the hearing level if you are denied at the application level).

At the reconsideration level the main tasks for the Social Security Disability Lawyer is to complete the reconsideration appeal paperwork and complete status calls with the Disability Determination Services office and answer questions from the Social Security Administration.

At the Social Security Disability Hearing level the Social Security Disability Attorney will have experience at preparing disability cases, will be able argue that you are disabled according to the Social Security Administrative Impairment Listing definition, will understand how to review and evaluate your medical information and will prepare arguments to counter claims from the vocational expert that you may be qualified to retrain for other types of employment opportunities. In addition, disability lawyers have attended numerous hearings and understand the hearing procedures, how to respond to the Administrative Law Judge questions and how to argue against all expert testimony which is issued from either a medical or vocational expert. It is a good idea to have help from a Social Security Disability Attorney at the Administrative Law Judge hearing. Claimants who fail to have adequate representation have a much smaller chance of winning Social Security Disability benefits.

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Sleep Apnea and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Do you wake up feeling weary and sluggish after a full night’s sleep? Do people tell you that you snore loudly? Do you get sleepy during the day? If the answer is, “Yes”, to these questions you may have sleep apnea. Apnea is Greek for “without breath.”

In this potentially serious sleep disorder, breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep. These breathing pauses in your sleep can happen hundreds of times during your sleep and can last often times for a minute or longer. Usually, normal breathing then starts again, sometimes with a choking sound or loud snort.

Sleep apnea is usually a chronic condition that disrupts your sleep 3 or more nights each week. You often move out of deep sleep and into light sleep when your breathing pauses or becomes shallow. This results in poor sleep quality that makes you feel tired during the day. Sleep apnea is one of the leading causes of excessive daytime sleepiness.

There are 3 main types of sleep apnea. There is obstructive sleep apnea, which is the most common type. This kind of sleep apnea occurs when your throat muscles relax. Central sleep apnea happens when your brain does not send proper signals to your muscles that control breathing. The third type of sleep apnea is complex sleep apnea. This is a combination of both obstructive and central sleep apneas.

Some of the main risk factors for getting sleep apnea are high blood pressure, a thick neck, obesity, a narrowed airway, a family history of sleep apnea, being male, smoking, use of alcohol, sedatives, or tranquilizers and being over the age of 40. However, sleep apnea can strike anyone at any age, even children.

The effects caused by obstructive and central sleep apnea are similar making it difficult to determine which type you have. Some of these effects are:

§  Loud snoring

§  Awaking with a sore throat or a dry mouth

§  Excessive daytime sleepiness (hypersomnia)

§  Difficulty staying asleep (insomnia)

§  Abrupt awakenings accompanied by shortness of breath

§  Morning headache

§  Observed episodes of pauses in breathing during sleep.

Sleep apnea and/or complications resulting from it may be why you or a loved one is unable to work. This disorder may be the cause of your disability.

Consequently, you may need help. You may need financial aid.

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, think about this.

You or your loved one will need a proven disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in the appeals process. This is true because people who are represented by a qualified disability attorney are approved more often than people without a lawyer.

Do not wait. Contact the reliable disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Hiring a Social Security Disability Attorney

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

If you have been denied Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits, or you have questions about your Social Security Disability claim, it is important to talk to a Social Security Disability Attorney. If you have been denied disability benefits, a disability attorney can help you file your request for reconsideration and get you the Social Security Disability help you need.

Unfortunately, most Social Security Disability benefits are denied the first time a claimant applies. If you have been denied SSDI or SSI benefits, it does not mean that you will not eventually be granted benefits, but you may want to consult with a Social Security Disability Lawyer. SSI Attorneys can increase your chances of winning disability benefits at every step in the Social Security Disability process from the Social Security Disability application to the Social Security Disability hearing.

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Sleep Disorder and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

You may wonder what a sleep disorder is. A sleep disorder is a medical disorder of your sleep patterns. It is any difficulty that you have related to sleeping. This includes trouble staying asleep or falling asleep, excessive total sleep time, falling asleep at inappropriate times or abnormal behaviors associated with sleep.

There are more than 100 waking or sleeping disorders that have been identified. These can be grouped into 4 main categories:

  • Problems with staying awake
  • Sleep-disruptive behaviors
  • Problems with falling and staying asleep
  • Problems with staying on a regular sleep schedule.

Out of the over 100 sleep disorders that are divided into 4 main categories, there are 4 common sleep disorders.

  • Insomnia – It is often a sign or symptom of other problems. It refers to the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep at night. It also refers to daytime fatigue and waking up earlier than usual.
  • Sleep apnea – The primary sign or symptom is excessive daytime sleepiness. Some people will not admit to sleepiness but feel fatigued. Other indications of sleep apnea are snorting, snoring and gasping sounds while you sleep. The person who is sleeping with you notices these. Headaches in the morning and restless or unrefreshing sleep are also signs and symptoms.
  • Narcolepsy – Excessive daytime sleepiness that is relieved by naps is a sign of this sleep disorder. Other indications are loss of muscle control (cataplexy) that happens with emotion like anger or laughing, the inability to move when waking up or going to sleep (sleep paralysis), dreaming during naps and having dream-like hallucinations as you fall asleep.
  • Restless leg syndrome – The primary sign or symptom is an irresistible urge to move your legs shortly after going to bed, in the middle of the night when you wake up, or even when you are wide awake during the day. Twitching or “creepy-crawly” feeling in your arms, thighs, calves, or feet are symptoms. Twitching or kicking leg movements while you are asleep or awake are also indications of this sleep disorder.

You or a loved one may have a sleep disorder. Sleep disorder may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

If this is the case, do you need help? Do you need financial help?

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by sleep disorder? Were you or your loved one denied?

If you or your loved one is thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, you will need a confident disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to represent you in the appeals process. This is true because people who are represented by a caring disability attorney are approved more often than people who are not represented by a lawyer.

Do not put this off. Contact the compassionate disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Sickle-Cell Anemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, August 24th, 2009

You or your child with disability may have sickle-cell anemia. This disorder and/or complications resulting from it may be the cause of your disability or that of your child with disability.

If this is true, you may need help. You may need financial help.

You may have applied for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits on behalf of you or your child with disability because of the disability caused by sickle-cell anemia and/or complications resulting from this disorder.

Anemia is the most common disorder of the blood. Anemia literally means, “Without blood”. It is a deficiency of hemoglobin and/or red blood cells. (RBCs)

This deficiency causes a reduced ability of blood to transfer oxygen to your tissues. This, in turn, causes tissue hypoxia. All of your human cells need oxygen to survive. As a result, different degrees of anemia can cause a wide range of clinical problems.

There are several kinds of anemia that are produced by different underlying causes. Anemia can be classified in many ways based on underlying etiologic mechanisms, the morphology of RBCs and discernible clinical spectra, to name a few.

Sickle-cell anemia is a genetic blood disorder that is passed from generation to generation that causes abnormal red blood cells. The abnormal shape of the red blood cells causes blockages in your capillaries and organs.

One of the results of these blockages is a pain episode known as a sickle-cell crisis. Another result is that the lack of oxygen to your organs often causes damage.

Sickle-cell anemia can affect all races, but it is most common among people with sub-Saharan African ancestry. In fact, among African Americans, estimates are that one in twelve may be carriers of sickle-cell anemia.

The signs and symptoms of sickle cell anemia are different. You may have mild symptoms, or you may have very severe symptoms that require you to be hospitalized for treatment.

Sickle cell anemia is present at birth, but many infants do not show any signs or symptoms until after 4 months of age.

There are several effects that you may experience with this disorder. Some of these are:

  • Anemia
  • Episodes of pain called crises
  • Headache
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dizziness
  • Chest pain
  • Pale skin
  • Jaundice
  • Coldness in your feet and hands
  • Hand-foot syndrome
  • Delayed growth
  • Vision problems
  • Frequent infections.

Were you or your child with disability denied your claim for benefits from the Social Security Administration?

If you are going to appeal the denial, here is something that you need to consider. People who are represented in the appeals procedure by a good disability lawyer like the one at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by an attorney.

Do not delay. This is something of great importance to you or your child with disability. Contact the knowledgeable disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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