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Back Disability Attorney

mcmurtry — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:53:03 +0000

In your search for a back disability attorney you will want to ask how familiar your attorney is with back disabilities.

A back disability can leave a person realizing how much they use their back on the job. As a back disability attorney I have seen the Dr. tell the client that they need back surgery, and may not be able to return to their job. Unfortunately after the first back surgery many of my clients discover that they can no longer work at all, as a back disability attorney I have seen this so many times. Just having mobility can be an issue for many back injury clients who have surgery, many clients have to use assistants in walking, or have to take pain medication.

The damage and surgery to the spine and back can range from ruptured discs; scoliosis; harrington rod implant; stimulator implant; spinal fusion, and many other types of surgery and damages to the spine and back. A back surgery is a very serious situation, and letting social security disability know about it is very important. In my experiences as a back disability attorney I understand that even after surgery many people cant go back to work.

It can be a scary time when the realization strikes that you can no longer work due to your back condition, however here at my office we have helped many back injury clients and understand how we need to handle your claim. We can help you at the initial application level or after you receive your denial letter from social security disability, it does not cost anymore money to have us help you from the initial application level, and of course there is never an up front fee for our service, and you do not owe us any money should we not win your claim, that is a promise from me, Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq. the founder and owner of this office.

We will review your medical records, (and consult with medical professionals should that be necessary) and let social security know about your back injury, and what type of surgery was performed on your back along with any hardware that was put into your back, and or any type of medical device implanted or used in your surgery, it is important to convey to social security disability the seriousness of your back surgery, and or multiple back surgeries.

Please give us a call, if you can’t come to us, we will come to you.

Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

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Back Surgery Disability Attorney

mcmurtry — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:20:43 +0000

As a back surgery disability attorney I have represented a large number of claimants who suffer from the effects of back surgery and multiple back surgeries. As a back surgery disability attorney I see that back surgeries quite often involve permanent screws, pins, plates, and rods are placed on the spinal column, replacement of discs; removal of discs, and spinal fusion. When you choose your back surgery disability attorney, do you want to know they have done this before? Call us at 1 (877) 271-2633.

The most common effects from back surgery tends to be the inability to tolerate bending over; tolerate standing for periods of time; sitting down for long periods of time; missing work often; and constant pain. While many claimants tend to feel better after their surgery, they can never return to their career, and often find it impossible to return to work, due to their physical limitations associated with their back.

Most back surgeries have to be done as a result of accidents, disease, and or a combination of the two. Social Security disability has several listings that take into account all the problems that are associated with back surgeries and multiple back surgeries, due in part to either disease and or an accident.

A very important part of your disability case will be your medical records, they will show the judge what you have been through, and what you suffer from, along with a detailed explanation of your back surgery and or surgeries. Sometimes it is possible to obtain a medical source statement from a treating physician such as back surgeon and or a primary care doctor, obtaining one of these allows the judge to get an up to date opinion from your doctor.

If you need our assistance with your disability claim, please give us a call, you will speak directly to an attorney, and if we are on the phone with another client, we will personally call you back. Here at socialsecuritydenied.com your case is the most important case.

Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

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Back Injury Disability Attorney

mcmurtry — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:47:18 +0000

As a back injury disability attorney I see many clients that have suffered through a back surgery, things are not feeling that much better, you cant work anymore, you have no more insurance, what can you do? Call us today and let us be your back injury disability attorney, simply call to our offices at socialsecuritydenied.com and get the help you are looking for in a law office that works everyday in social security disability. We understand back injuries, we have at our office the ability to seek medical review of your claim by medical professionals. We fight the government as your back injury disability attorney.

There is never a fee unless we win your disability claim, that is my promise to you.

Many clients of our office have suffered through back pain accompanied by back surgery, they can no longer lift and move as they once did, and this translates into lack of ability to work, no insurance and mounting bills. Once you phone our office for a free consultation we will take on the government for you from that point forward, you can leave all of the paperwork, federal rules, and phone calls to our office.

A back injury is never an easy situation, with a back injury you are subjected to pain at every turn in your life, after all you use your back for just about everything. We understand your concerns in dealing with social security disability for your back injury. We are only a phone call away, and if you cant come to us, we will come to you. You will see an attorney before your court date, you will speak with an attorney, and most importantly your claim will be handled by an attorney.

Please give us a call today, we look forward to helping you.

Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

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Knee Replacement Disability Attorney

mcmurtry — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:19:40 +0000

There is a listing under the rules of Social Security Disability that includes knee disorders. Knee disorders is a large grouping of knee problems, including total replacement of the knee and or surgery that is needed and the Dr. decides that you are not a good candidate for the surgery. Knee problems can effect anyone, at anytime. Once the knee has to be replacement, it is generally a life long process that you must deal with, and be able to maintain a job, sometimes maintaining the job becomes impossible due to your limitations, and or the pain associated with knee replacement.

The requirements to meet this listing are things such as reconstructive surgery on a major weight bearing joint, this includes the knee, the listing also requires that you do not have the ability to ambulate effectively, either after the surgery or since you are not a candidate for surgery, you cannot ambulate effectively in your condition. The pain associated with knee problems is tremendous, due to the fact that it is always under pressure from the weight of your body.

In many cases of knee replacement, the pain is constant and the medications used to alleviate the pain are so strong that the claimant cannot perform past work, and or any sedentary work that might be available. Even in sedentary work an individual might be required to use pedals or foot controls, and many knee replacement claimants cannot tolerate the pain from these requirements.

Should you need assistance with your claim for social security disability, please give me a call, if you cant come to us, we will come to you.

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Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

Denied My Disability

mcmurtry — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:15:37 +0000

Denied my disability, how can they do that? Often the first words I hear are the title of this article, I can’t believe they denied my disability. Unfortunately that is most common in the area of law I practice, Social Security Disability. Some people are under the impression that one need only apply, and that will result in receiving benefits, most of the time that is simply not true. The truth is more than not, you will saying they denied my disability, I cant believe it. We see this everyday at our office, please give us a call, after you have said to yourself they denied my disability, make us your next move.

Today Social Security has developed many ways to apply for disability, you can use the internet, the phone or mail. I encourage clients who come to see me before they apply, to use the internet. If you use the internet you will not have to wait on a phone, and you can apply seven days a week, and at anytime of the day. However, as stated above, you will probably receive the standard denial letter after your application for disability benefits has been fully completed.

Once you are denied disability, the clock is ticking, you are under a deadline to get your information returned to Social Security Disability or you risk your case being denied based on a failure to meet the deadlines, this step of the appeal process is known as reconsideration. If you fail to make their deadlines, usually you must refile all over again from the beginning with Social Security.

Once your first appeal is in, usually you will be denied for a second time, once you are denied the second time you must again meet deadlines or your disability claim will be denied, and you will have to start all over from the beginning. This next step in your appeal process is called asking for an ALJ hearing. There are many forms and documents that must be filled out and returned to Social Security, it may seem like many of the documents have already been filled out when you applied, but you must fill them out again if you wish to properly proceed with your appeal and be heard by the ALJ.

If there is situation where you have missed your disability deadline by a short time, I have been successful in re-opening cases for clients, and thus they do not have to start all over. Social Security Disability is very particular about making deadlines in regards to your disability claim.

After filing for your ALJ hearing at Social Security they will inform you of the new dates, the required paperwork, when your hearing will be, who your vocational expert will be, and when you must provide Social Security Disability with all your updated medical records, without your updated records it may be impossible to prove your claim. I always like to include when possible, a medical source statement filled out by a medical doctor.

Social Security Disability is a daunting task, the above explanation of the claims process is only a glimpse of the work that goes into a client’s case. Should you need an attorney to represent you in your claim, whether you are about to file, or you are about to have a hearing, please give me a call, I would enjoy speaking with you.

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Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

Back Injury Spine Injury

mcmurtry — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:05:08 +0000

There is a listing under the rules of Social Security Disability entitled Disorders of the Spine. In terms that we all use more frequently this would be a back injury, and or back problems, things like back surgery, having screws, pins, plates or cages attached to the spine would fall under this category. It includes problems with the back that have arisen over your life time like herniated disc, arthritis, fractures, nerve root problems and spinal stenosis. Social Security Disability combines these problems, (whichever one you may fall under) and under the listing requires one of the additional following things:

A. Evidence of nerve root compression characterized by neuro-anatomic distribution of pain, limitation of motion of the spine, motor loss (atrophy with associated muscle weakness or muscle weakness) accompanied by sensory or reflex loss and if there is involvement of the lower back, positive straight leg raising test OR

B. Spinal arachnoiditis confirmed by an operative note or pathology report of tissue biopsy or by appropriate medically acceptable imaging, manifested by sever burning or painful dysesthesia, resulting in the need for changes in position or posture more than once every 2 hours OR

C. Lumbar spinal stenosis resulting in pseudoclaudication established by findings on appropriate medically acceptable imaging manifested by chronic nonradicular pain and weakness, and resulting in inability to ambulate effectively.

A back injury or back problems are severely disabling, many people who work jobs that require lifting and carrying can no longer perform their tasks at work. Should you need assistance with your claim for Social Security Disability please give my law office a call toll free (877) 271-2633 or local at (615) 308-2633. I am not just an advocate, I am your attorney.

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Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

Cervical Spine Disorders Disability Attorney

mcmurtry — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:00:24 +0000

Disorders of the Spine is a listing currently within the disability listings of Social Security Disability. It includes herniated nucleus pulposus, spinal arachnoiditis, spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease, facet arthritis, vertebral fracture), resulting in the compromise of a nerve root including the cauda equina or the spinal cord. WITH:

A. Evidence of nerve root compression characterized by neuro anatomic distribution of pain, limitation of motion of the spine, motor loss accompanied by sensory or reflex loss and if there is involvement of the lower back, positive straight leg raising test, OR

B. Spinal arachnoiditis, confirmed by an operative note or pathology report of tissue biopsy or appropriate medically acceptable imaging, manifested by sever burning or painful dysesthesia, resulting in the need for changes in position or posture more than once every 2 hours; OR

C. Lumbar spinal stenois resulting in pseudoclaudication, established by finding on appropriate medical acceptable imagin manifested by chronic non radicular pain and weakness, and resulting in inabilityto ambulate effectively as defined in 1.00B2b.

Many claimants who suffer from Cervical Spine Disorders also suffer from severe pain, this severe pain may result in even sedentary work being impossible to do on a regular basis. The pain results in many claimants staying on strong medication that results in several hours of sleep per day, and thus employment becomes impossible.

The disorders of the cervical spine can result in numbness of the hands, destroy or hamper motor skills, and loss of the strength in hands. Should you need an attorney to assist you with your claim for disability please give the law firm a call Monday through Saturday at toll free (877) 271-2633 or local at (615) 308-2633, I would be pleased to speak with you.

Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

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Hip Replacement Disability Attorney

mcmurtry — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:48:12 +0000

Unfortunately I come across cases that sometimes are the result of a hip replacement surgery that has not turned out very well for a host of reasons, I am often asked by clients that phone me, ”is there a disability listing for a bad hip replacement”? The answer is yes there is, it is a listing called, Reconstructive surgery or surgical arthrodesis of a major weight bearing joint, in terms we all understand a little better, this listing is referring to things such as hip replacement surgery.

One of the key factors to be noted for disability listed under Social Security for hip surgery is the actual notes, medical records are kept very well on hip replacements, even down to the serial number of the hip replacement that was used in your procedure. As noted above, there are a host of reasons that things are not the same with a replaced hip, there are so many, and many reasons unique to each person.

In regards to what is required under the listing, the other key factor is, are you expected to be ambulatory, ie moving about, within the 12 months after surgery? I have found that most hip replacement individuals are not very ambulatory within 12 months, and it seems that the older the claimant, the less likely they will be up and about in 12 months.

Many claimants have commented to me that even when sitting for a period of time it becomes painful, this is important in Social Security Disability claims, because it could possibly eliminate you from being able to do even sedentary work like taking up tickets at a theatre or toll booth. When a hip replacement fails it can be a life changing event for you and your family.

If you need assistance in your disability claim, please feel free to phone the office Monday through Saturday at toll free 1 (877) 271-2633 or local at (615) 308-2633.

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Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

Back Injury Disability Attorney

mcmurtry — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:28:20 +0000

I have had several cases involving back injuries, many people through no fault of their own have hurt their back over the years of work, and have to undergo surgery as a result, many times leaving them unable to work, and thus applying for Social Security Disability. Many times these disabilities become prevalent in the lower part of the back or lumbosacral area.

Spine disorders include, herniated nucleus, spinal arachnoiditis, spinal stenosis, osteorarthritis, degenerative disc disease, facet arthritis, verebral fracture with:

(1) Evidence of a nerve root compression

(2) Spinal arachnoiditis, confirmed by operative notes or pathology report

(3) Lumbar Spinal stenosis resulting in pseudoclaudication

Many people have or will have back surgery, I have met many clients who have had back surgery, but do not know if they fall under one of the technical terms above. Many people know they have severe back pain, but do not understand the above mentioned list.

A severe back injury requiring surgery can be a career ending disability. Please give the law office a call Monday through Saturday at toll free 1 (877) 271-2633 or local at (615) 308-2633 and let me review your claim and see if I can help you out in your time of need.

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Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

Stroke Disability Attorney

mcmurtry — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:09:17 +0000

There is a listing under the rules of Social Security Disability entitled Central Nervous System Vascular Accident, this is where the listing for a stroke is contained. Social Security Disability requires the following, for you to be declared disabled under the listing of a stroke:

Sensory or moro aphasia resulting in ineffective speech or communication; or
Significant and persistent disorganization of motor function in two extremities, resulting in sustained disturbance of gross and dexterous movements, or gait and station.

A stroke may inflict many other types damages to the body including, vision, hearing, and understanding. Social Security will take these other type damages into account when determining your disability claim.

It is important in a disability claim where a stroke is the reason for the disability, to explain to the judge not only the outward signs of a stroke, but the issues regarding ones ability to think and reason, sometimes these things are not as apparant, and it is often helpful to explain them at your hearing.

Should you need assistance in your disability claim, please phone the law office at toll free 1 (877) 271-2633 or local at (615) 308-2633.

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Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.