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Often, Atlanta disability benefits lawyers come across persons who suffer from symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, and want to know if they are eligible for Social Security disability benefits. Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disease, which means that the symptoms get progressively worse over a period of time. The most commonly known symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are tremors and shaking, but…
Imagine a condition that leads to symptoms like slurred speech and weakened muscles, double vision, with symptoms only worsening with an increase in activity. A condition like this is called myasthenia gravis, and it is believed to affect thousands of Americans. This is an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that mainly affects the voluntary muscles of the body. Persons who suffer from…
According to new research, persons who have suffered a stroke have a much higher risk of suffering suicidal thoughts. The study was presented recently at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference. The report presented found that nearly 8% of stroke survivors had suicidal thoughts or suicidal fantasies. There are currently about 6.2 million survivors of stroke living inside the…
The Social Security Administration recently announced the expansion of services available to applicants who have a my Social Security account. This is a personalized account that persons can use to log in online, and track their activity right from the time that they began working, to the time that they received Social Security benefits. The Social Security Administration estimates that…
Persons who suffer from mental disabilities and are eligible for Social Security benefits could find the agency using a different name for these conditions. The agency has indicated that it intends to change its use of the term “mental retardation,” and switch to “intellectual disability.” That proposal comes more than 2 years after a federal rule requiring a change in…
A number of psychological factors can affect the magnitude of upper extremity disability. According to new research that was published recently in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, factors like catastrophic thinking and kinesiophobia (irrational fear of pain as a result of movement) are critical elements in determining the magnitude of such disability. The researchers analyzed a total of…
Thousands of Social Security applicants, who had their disability claims denied, may have their claims re-heard. That will likely happen under the terms of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accused several administrative law judges of bias. The lawsuit alleged that at least 5 administrative law judges in the Queens Social Security office in New York City had presided…
Beneficiaries of Social Security who are currently receiving payments are likely to see a small increase in monthly benefits. There was a cost of living adjustment beginning in in January 2013. Social Security instituted a 1.7% increase in the annual cost-of-living adjustment, and this will result lead in a slight increase in monthly benefits for Social Security beneficiaries. The increase…
The number of American workers collecting Social Security Disability benefits hit record highs in December, even as the Social Security Disability program ran a deficit of close to $40 billion in 2012. According to statistics published by the Social Security Administration, the Social Security Program ran a $47.8 billion deficit in 2012. The program brought in about $725.42 billion in…
According to a new international study that was published in The Lancet Journal, across the globe, musculoskeletal disease is the number one cause of disability. The biggest cause of disability across the world was back pain, while osteoarthritis was the fastest growing cause of disability. Georgia Social Security disability lawyers find that conditions like arthritis and back pain dramatically reduce…