Cancer is a devastating disease that touches millions of lives each year. Whether through a personal diagnosis or experiencing cancer treatment with a loved one, it is likely that readers of this Oklahoma disability benefits blog have some exposure to the challenges a...
Social Security Disability Benefits For Illness
During an illness, work with lawyers who you trust
An illness can be a tricky enemy to fight. For some individuals, illnesses like cancer may live in their bodies for months before emerging and demonstrating their truly dangerous propensities. In other situations, a person may contract a serious illness and be...
Liver diseases and disorders are serious medical conditions
The human body is an amazing collection of cells that group together into systems that perform the many necessary functions that must occur in order for it to stay alive. Any Oklahoma resident who has ever suffered a serious illness may be aware of how damaged one's...
Degenerative disc disease and disability benefits
Medical disorders classified as spinal arachnoditis may qualify individuals for Social Security disability benefits if their conditions are sufficiently disabling. One condition that falls under this broad category of spinal inflammation and pain is degenerative disc...
What are compassionate allowances?
Readers of this Oklahoma Social Security disability benefits legal blog may be aware that practically every person who receives disability benefits from the Social Security Administration has had to undergo an application and medical review process. During those steps...
Disability benefits may end if one’s illness improves
One of the requirements of meeting the Social Security Administration's definition of disability is that the disabling condition of the applicant is expected to last for at least a year. Many individuals who receive disability benefits maintain them for many years...
An illness can be a long-term, disabling condition
This year, influenza has hit the nation at an alarming pace and caused thousands of people to suffer miserable symptoms and miss days of work, school and other important commitments. Unfortunately, Oklahoma was not left out. Luckily though, for most, rest and time...
SSD benefits are available for Oklahomans with IBD
Oklahomans who are diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease will understand how difficult it is to function normally and hold a job while suffering from it. IBDs include ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. There are common denominators with these disorders even...
The basics of cardiovascular diseases
The heart is one of the most important organs in the human body, providing blood flow throughout the body. On average and under normal conditions, the heart beats between 60 and 100 times per minute, and as much as 100,000 times per day. It should go without saying...
Considering the feasibility of working with osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is a potentially debilitating disease that affects the joints, cartilage and bones in the body. It can occur in many areas, but it is most commonly found in the hips, thumbs and knees. According to the National Institutes of Health, it is the most...