Sometimes injured workers stay on the job until their conditions deteriorate so badly that they not only qualify for state Workers’ Comp benefits, but Federal Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) as well. Recently, Herndon, Virginia disability lawyer Doug Landau won Federal benefits for a 52-year-old mother of three whose work history was limited to such jobs as:
- gas station attendant,
- cashier,
- drugstore assistant, and
- mail clerk.
Landau’s client’s disabling conditions included: Injuries to her left wrist, arm, back, head, hip, right hand, right shoulder, right leg, and feet (tingling) due to a fall at work while pushing a heavy cart in 2005. She kept trying to work, but was unable to continue after April, 2009. Since then, she became significantly deconditioned as the result of multiple impairments. Her workers comp injuries included sacrococcygeal fracture causing tenderness and back pain above the buttocks. Her pain has been described as sharp, throbbing and burning. The medications she takes are Cymbalta, Lidoderm patch, Vistaril, and Wellbutrin, all of which produce side effects of dizziness and drowsiness. Her treating physicians gave evidence as to her restrictions, which included: Bending, Lifting, Sitting, Standing, Walking, Stretching & repetitive use of the upper extremities.
Her attending physician found evidence of: bulging discs, facet arthropathy, and thorocolumbar scoliosis, findings of which are identified on MRI and x-ray. With objective medical evidence and lay witness testimony, Disability Lawyer Landau was able to present a compelling case for SSDI.
While every case is different and SSDI cases take a long time to develop, if you or someone you know or care for has been injured and become disabled as the result of an accident or an on-the-job injury, and there are questions about Social Security Disability Insurance benefits,
e-mail or call us at ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. (703-796-9555) at once.
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