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THOMASVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Click the link below and fill out the following form if seeking help from a disability lawyer or attorney in Thomasville, North Carolina NC What is disability determination services and where is it located in north carolina? Disability determination services is the agency that makes medical decisions on social security disability and ssi disability claims for the social security administration. In north carolina, there is only one DDS (some states have more than one) and it is located in raleigh north carolina. DDS is where your medical records are gathered and read. DDS is also where the examiner who reviews your claim is located. How does DDS impact your case? Unfortunately, not in a good way. Most initial claims that are handled by the north carolina DDS are denied, making it necessary for claimants to find representation and file the necessary (and time-consuming) appeals.
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. "Rheumathoid Arthritis affecting whole body. Particular areas are hands,wrists,arms,shoulders,back,hips,knees and ankles. Joints swollen,at times hot and painful. Cannot grip items,no strength in lifting objects,pulling on/off clothes,personal care. At times cannot climb/descend stairs,walk on uneven ground. Cannot get in/out bath. Extreme fatigue due to infection in the body. Pain causes lack of sleep which leads to further fatigue and lethargy." "Head injury, icu for one week, hospitalized for one week and brain injury hospital for one week. cat scan is regular, currently seeing mental health, family doctor, neorologist, psychiatrist, aoda counselor. just signed up for ssi, unable to work becuase of injuries." "Lower back pains, causes strength loss in right leg, and currently broke my right foot do to strength loss in the leg......broke foot"
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