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How do you switch from one disability lawyer to another for a social security disability or ssi claim in north carolina? Well, it's actually very simple. You simply contact the new individual that you wish to provide representation on your claim and sign the appropriate paperwork with their office (including an SSA-1696 form and a fee agreement). The new representative will submit this paperwork to the social security office. However, if your former rep has done a substantial amount of work on your case, your new representative may wish to obtain a letter of withdrawal from that individual to avoid a fee dispute.
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.
"I have CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia). I have to take 400mg Gleevec daily. I suffer from joint and muscle pain, lack of appetite, anemia, fatigue, weight gain, diarrhea/gas, general edema, skin rashes, and other side effects from the medication."
"I have two new problems the first is sugar the second is hemochromatosis. This is a blood disorder causing way to much iron in the blood. I have to give blood many times in a year. The high iron has really caused me more joint pain."
"I have adult ADD and Rage disorder and slight agoraphobia. I also have PSTD I have been unable to have a job since, 2000. I have three children and am married. I am in therapy and my therapist agrees that I am unable to work."
"I have advanced Degenerative Disc Disease in my lower spine. I recently went for an MRI and just received the results: A herniated disc with stenosis. I have not worked for the last couple of months, my previous jobs were sitting for up to 8 hours a day, which is very painful."
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