Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits Lawyer

Has the Social Security Administration denied your application for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits? Do not think you are alone. Many applications are initially denied because the government believes you are not disabled under the definition of the law. At the Whitesell Law Office, we represent people seeking disability benefits from the government. Contact our offices in either Nashville, Tennessee, or Fulton, Kentucky, for a free initial consultation with an experienced attorney.

To qualify for Social Security disability insurance benefits you must be unable to engage in substantial employment because of a physical or mental impairment that will last at least 12 consecutive months or will result in death. The government has a list of qualifying impairments. Some of the impairments in the SSD guidelines include:

• Mental illness: severe depression, manic depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and panic disorder, schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder
• Back and spinal cord injury:slipped disk, sprained back, spina bifida, arthritis and ruptured disk
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Lupus
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• Multiple sclerosis
• Chronic headaches
• Congestive heart failure
• Asthma and emphysema
• Diabetes
• Cancer
• Huntington's disease
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Muscular dystrophy
• Liver and kidney disease

The challenge in obtaining Social Security Insurance benefits is proving your disability to the government. Our firm will gather the needed evidence to convince the government that your injury prevents you from engaging in substantial gainful employment.

If your injury prevents you from going back to full-time work, you should contact an experienced lawyer at the Whitesell Law Office for a free initial consultation.