DISABILITY LAWYER - ELIZABETH CITY NC NORTH CAROLINA

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In North Carolina (in elizabeth city or elsewhere), how much will you receive each month if you apply for and get approved for SSI disability? SSI is not quite the same as SSD (social security disability). With social security disability, what a person gets as a monthly benefit is determined by "what they paid into the system". SSI is different. It is a program designed to assist those who are not eligible for SSD due to insufficient work credits. What an SSI recipient receives as a montthly disability benefit is determined by the federal government and this amount is standardized, meaning that you get the same amount no matter you live. For 2006, the SSI amount was 585.00.

Can you win disability for only certain impairments, or on the basis of any impairment?

Answer: The Social Security Administration's disability evaluation system does not focus on a claimant's diagnosis, but, rather, on the functional limitations a claimant has. In other words, the name of the condition is not the chief consideration. How the condition "affects and limits: the indiviual is the primary concern. So, yes, disability benefits can be won on the basis of nearly any condition provided that the condition is sufficiently limiting.

As these hypothetical examples show, disabling conditions can take a wide variety of forms.

"Bilateral carpal tunnel and avascular neucrosis in both hips. I am currently being treated for my left knee. I can not walk in it and it continues to swell. I have been having attacks at work and found them to be panic attacks. i can't seem to leave my house. I have a sciatic nerve impingement in my lower section of my spine, which affects my ability to stand on my own feet for any extended period of time, without having to sit down for a bit of time to let the nerves relax so that I can once again stand on my feet for another short period of time. Severe back pain and spasms. neck pain numbness, unable to raise arms above shoulders,legs tingle and wont support myself at times. right hand,ring,pinky and thumb go numb continuesly."

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