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SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Click the link below and fill out the following form if seeking help from a disability lawyer or attorney in Smithfield, North Carolina NC Is it more difficult to get social security disability benefits in north carolina if you are applying based on a mental diagnosis? Yes and no. No, simply because SSA handles a claim on the basis of a mental disorder exactly the same way as a physical disorder. Yes, because many disability applicants and appellants who have anxiety disorder, major depression, bipolar, etc, do not get the proper treatment they need (often due to lack of health insurance) and, as a result, lack the needed medical records that can help them effectively pursue a claim for social security disability or ssi disability benefits.
Can you win disability for only certain impairments, or on the basis of any impairment? 
As these hypothetical examples show, disabling conditions can take a wide variety of forms. "I broke my back and had to have metal plates put over two of the discs. I also broke my hip and still constant problems with it. Im also experiencing severe pain in my left leg knee with no pointed diagnosis. There were more injuries but I have no lasting effects from them." "I can only sleep for 1-2 hours at a time due to the severe back and hip pain. Due to the pain and lack of sleep I am not able to keep any type of schedule. It is difficult to keep appointments, I have become unable to perform my duties at home. Any activities that require standing,sitting, laying, etc. for 30 min or more, lifting more than 8 pounds is probable for disaster. I am in constant pain without doing anything at all." 
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