In this Video Marc Whitehead, a Board Certified Disability Attorney, explains whether or not you are able to get disability benefits for a spinal cord injury.
At Marc Whitehead & Associates we understand that a Spinal Cord injury and disability can be devastating, but it doesn’t have to ruin your life financially. You may be entitled to private or employee sponsored disability insurance, Social Security Disability insurance, or VA disability insurance.
A Spinal Cord Disability occurs when someone suffers from the loss of function, mobility or feeling in the body.
The Spine or Spinal Column is a collection of flexible bones that surround the spinal cord. The Spinal Cord is a bundle of nerves that extend from the base of the brain down the center of a persons back to the waist. The Brain and the Spinal Cord make up the Central Nervous System, when the spinal cord is injured impulses from the brain can no longer travel through the damaged area stopping the flow of information from the brain to certain parts of the body.
A Spinal Cord injury can occur under a variety of circumstances.
Common causes are:
Car Accidents
Work Related Accidents
Sporting Accidents
Medical Negligence or Malpractice
Spinal Cord injuries are referred to as either complete or incomplete.
Complete Spinal Cord injuries are when the body has no function and the injured person is completely immobile bellow the level of injury and both sides of the body are effected equally.
Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury is when there is some level of functioning below the injury. The injured person can feel parts of the body that are immobile or they can move one limb more then another.
When is legal help needed in a Spinal Cord Injury Disability Claim?
Spinal Cord Disability Claims are routinely challenged by the Insurance Companies, The Social Security Administration, and The Department of Veterans Affairs. If this has been your experience, it may be time to seek legal help in order to prove that you are indeed disabled.
