Although the most severe type of back injury is an injury to the spinal cord, which can leave a person paralyzed and unable to move, much less work, there are many other types of back injuries that can significantly affect Columbia, Missouri, residents such that they...
Helping The Disabled And Injured In
Missouri Get The Support They Deserve
Social Security Disability Benefits For Injuries
If the accident was my fault, can I get disability benefits?
Many people in Columbia, Missouri, and in Boone County have accidents, either at work or simply while going about life. While most of these accidents thankfully end with no one getting hurt seriously, in too many cases someone winds up severely injured and, in all...
Proving your injury for SSD benefits
In many cases, it may be clear that a Boone County, Missouri resident has suffered an injury, but not entirely clear how severe the injury is. After all, some people may experience gradual wear and tear injuries on their bodies that leave them in a lot of pain, but...
If I had a work accident, can I still get disability?
While no one leaves their home expecting an injury, many Missourians unfortunately get hurt at work. While many of these work-related injuries are minor, some leave a person permanently disabled and unable to work in any occupation. When this happens, these people...
Disability benefits may be able to help after an injury
Victims of catastrophic injuries, such as those suffered in car accidents, may suffer from long-term disability that may require medical treatment, care and rehabilitation. Catastrophic injuries that prevent the disabled individual from working can create a...
Understanding what to include in an appeal for disability
The importance of Social Security disability benefits cannot be overstated for many disabled individuals. A denial of benefits can threaten the ability of disabled residents in Missouri and elsewhere to attend to their everyday needs. Because of this, it is important...
Does eligibility for SSDI benefits require a workplace injury?
Many people in Missouri who suffer disabling injuries are unsure if they can obtain Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. Often, this uncertainty is caused by confusion between the state's workers' compensation system and the federal program for SSD claims....
SSDI benefits for paralysis
Among the most severe injuries suffered by people in Missouri are injuries to the spine and brain. The Social Security Administration has adopted regulations that prescribe the conditions under which such injuries may allow victims to receive Social Security...
Helping injured workers make up for lost wages
Aside from the pain and suffering and the medical expenses, one of the biggest stresses Columbia, Missouri, residents might face because of a serious work-related or other injury is lost wages. Such occurrences are never expected, but unfortunately they can happen. If...
Amputations and Social security disability benefits
for injuryFor most Missourians, the loss of a limb is one of life's most feared injuries. Even with the advances in the technology of prosthetic limbs, the prospect of losing a hand or a foot (or worse) is genuinely terrifying. Nonetheless, the regulations for Social...