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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects your blood or bone marrow. It is evidenced by an abnormal accumulation of blood cells that are usually leukocytes (white blood cells).

Leukemia is used to refer to a variety of diseases. It is pathologically and clinically divided into groups and categories. The first division is into leukemia’s acute and chronic forms. Then, leukemia is divided according to the kind of blood cell that it affects. These two divisions are myelogenous and lymphocytic.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is one of the types of lymphocytic leukemia. It affects your blood and bone marrow.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia gets its name from the word “acute” that indicates that the disease develops rapidly and affects immature blood cells, rather than mature blood cells. “Lymphocytic” is a reference to the white blood cells that the disease affects.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia is also known by other names. It is also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute childhood leukemia.

Although adults, especially those 65 and over, get this form of leukemia, it is the most common form of leukemia in young children. In fact, acute lymphocytic leukemia represents 80% of all the childhood acute leukemias. Most of the cases occur in children 3 – 7 years of age.

There are several effects that acute lymphocytic leukemia can have on you. Some of these are:

  • Severe or frequent nosebleeds
  • Shortness of breath
  • Fever
  • Weight loss
  • Bleeding from your gums
  • Fatigue, weakness or a general loss of energy
  • Infections that happen often
  • Skin that is pale
  • Loss of appetite
  • Swollen lymph nodes that cause lumps around and in your groin, stomach, underarm and neck.

These effects caused by acute lymphocytic leukemia can be debilitating. You or a loved one may be disabled and unable to work because of this disease.

You may be looking for help if this is the case. You may be searching for financial help.

Where will that financial assistance come from? Who can you turn to? Who can and will help you?

Have you, on behalf of your child with disability, or your loved one applied for that financial assistance from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by acute lymphocytic leukemia? Was your child with disability or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration?

You or your loved one may plan on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you decide to do, here is something for you to think about.

You will need a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to help you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason this is true is because people who are represented by a disability lawyer are approved more often than those people without an attorney.

Do not hesitate. Do not wait. Contact the disability lawyer 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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Details About The Social Security Disability Benefits Application

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Applying for Social Security disability benefits can be a long and difficult process. It takes patience and perserverance to complete the application and receive the benefits you deserve, and sometimes, even that is not enough. If you are having trouble getting the disability benefits you need from the Social Security Administration, you need a tenacious disability attorney on your side.

As a continuation of our previous post, here is a list of the information that you will need to have in order to fill out the application and some details about what the application will look like. You will need:

  • Your social security number
  • Your  birth or baptismal certificate
  • Names, addresses and phone numbers of the doctors, caseworkers, hospitals and clinics that took care of you and dates of your visits
  • Names and dosage of all the medication that you take
  • Medical records from your doctors, therapists, hospitals, clinics and caseworkers that you already have in your possession
  • Laboratory and test results
  • A summary of where you worked and the kind of work you did
  • A copy of your most recent W-2 Form (Wage and Tax Statement) or, if you are self-employed, your federal tax return for the past year.

If you have the above mentioned information ready, it may only take you 15-30 minutes to fill it out. The Social Security Administration estimates that it will take you 10-30 minutes to fill out the application with the average time being about 15 minutes.

The first section is personal information including your name, social security number, gender and date of birth. It also will ask you if your disability has lasted or is expected to last for at least 12 months.

The second page of the Social Security disability application asks for your address, phone number, the best time to call and your email address. Your language preferences are also asked for on the second page.

The third page of the application is about citizenship. It asks if you were born in the United States or a U.S. Territory or Commonwealth, and if you are a United States citizen.

Once you finish the three page application for Social Security disability benefits, you will be given an application number. In order for the date that you fill out the application to be the official application date, you have six months from that date to complete the application process.

There is then an additional information section that you have to fill out of two pages. The first wants to know if you have ever used any other social security number or name. The second page asks if you want to receive reduced Retirement benefits while waiting for the disability decision.

The next section is a three page section that asks about your family. It asks about your spouse and children.

The next section is about military service. If you were in the military, you will need to provide information about the branch you served in and dates of service.

The next section is about your work history. You will need names, dates of employment and what you did.

Next, is a section about direct deposit. Here, you will need to supply information about your bank or credit union.

You are then asked to list your disability or disabilities. At the end of the application you will need to authorize the Social Security Administration to get a copy of your medical records to confirm your disability and eligibility for Social Security disability benefits.

If you are denied by the Social Security Administration in your application for Social Security disability benefits, you may need the help of an experienced disability attorney to help you in appealing the denial. SocialSecurityHome.com is the website where you can contact a skilled disability lawyer who can help you in what can be a long and complicated process.

If you have been denied, do not wait or delay. Contact the reliable disability attorney at SocialSecurityHome.com, today.

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