An injury to your back, neck or spine can have an immediate and drastic impact on your professional future. Obviously, a spinal cord injury can cause medical consequences that prevent someone from continuing the same work. Neck and back injuries can also cause...
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Injuries
Helping you secure SSDI benefits for a disabling injury
When one is so severely injured that they are unable to work, this can create many additional issues in the individual's life. Georgia residents living with a disabling injury likely have more than their work life impacted. A disabling injury could also impact a...
People who have amputated limbs could receive SSDI
People in Georgia sprain ankles, knees, wrists and other joints. They also break bones, tear ligaments, suffer cuts and lacerations and many other types of injuries. There are also many different ways to treat these injuries. The treatment required depends on the type...
How will a spine injury be evaluated for disability benefits?
People in Georgia who suffer a spine injury will have a great deal of concern as to what the future holds. Because any back injury can cause a person severe pain and leave them disabled, they will frequently find themselves unable to work and in need of extensive...
Common injuries that result in SSDI benefits
People in Georgia try to avoid injuries as much as possible. This is because it is not fun to be hurt. Injuries can affect many different aspects of people's lives, not just the body part that is actually injured. The more serious the injury, the more they will affect...
What should I know about war-related injuries and SSD claims?
Georgia has many military veterans who provided service to their country and went to dangerous areas as part of their duties. Unfortunately, some of these brave men and women suffered war-related injuries. In some cases, these veterans' injuries were so severe that...
Qualifying for disability benefits for burn injuries
People in Fayetteville can suffer burn injuries in a variety of ways, from kitchen fires at home, dangerous chemicals at work or serious car crashes. The Social Security Administration recognizes that those who suffer burn injuries may be unable to work for a year or...
Confronting obesity after a major disability
For many people living with a disability, their condition causes profound effects on the rest of their body over time. For example, if you hurt your right knee, you will likely put more pressure on your left knee when you walk. Eventually, your “good” knee could...
What if my injury was my fault?
As human beings, we all make mistakes, usually several times a day. While oftentimes these mistakes are relatively minor errors that cause little more than embarrassment or an inconvenience, on some occasions, our mistakes have serious consequences. For instance, not...
What is a herniated disk?
A herniated disk is a type of back injury that can leave a person in serious and chronic pain. In severe cases, a herniated disk can lead to numbness, a loss of sensation in one's core and problems going to the bathroom. While many residents of the Atlanta area are...