Social Security Benefits for Ankylosing Spondylitis

Ankylosing Spondylitis, Rheumatoid Spondylitis, Bechterew Syndrome, Marie Struempell Disease, or Spondyloarthritis is a chronic and degenerative type of arthritis that principally attacks the spine and sacroiliac joints. A debilitating disease that fuses vertebrae together and ultimately leads to the complete fusion of the spine, a condition recognized as Ankylosis. The malady causes inflammation in the spaces between the vertebrae and in the space between the sacroiliac joints and the spine. Ankylosing Spondylitis is an autoimmune disease, which is extremely painful and crippling. The body’s own immune system actually attacks the spine, vital organs, and peripheral joints. It has been known to cause deformity and inflammation of the heart valves, lungs, kidneys, eyes, and mouth.

Are you suffering from the paralyzing affects of Ankylosing Spondylitis and need to find out how to receive Social Security Benefits for Ankylosing Spondylitis? Contact the New Jersey Social Security Disability Attorneys at the Kazmierczak law office today!

Ankylosing Spondylitis is a systemic rheumatic disease that can cause inflammation or degeneration of other joints and organs throughout of the body, not just in the spine. It has similar symptoms to other autoimmune diseases that cause inflammation of the spine such as Arthropathic Psoriasis, Reactive Arthritis, Reiter’s Syndrome, and Regional Enteritis. These are all arthritis type disorders that are referred to as Spondyloarthropathies because they cause inflammation of the spine.

Attributes of Ankylosing Spondylitis include:

  • Hereditary disease
  • Afflicts all age groups
  • More common in Native Americans
  • Two to three times more common in men
  • Afflicts 129 out of every 100,000 Americans
  • Ninety percent of victims carry the HLA-B27 gene
  • More common among in children, teenagers, and young males
  • Women are more prone to affliction in joints away from the spine

People afflicted with Ankylosing Spondylitis typically lose a great range of mobility, become deformed, and develop a condition known as Bamboo Spine (stiffening of the spine). The rigidity of the spinal column can extend from the neck and shoulders down to the lumbar and sacroiliac joints of the hips. It is an immobilizing and wretched condition that leaves its victims dependent and vulnerable. If this disease has stricken you, you may be eligible for Social Security Disability benefits. The New Jersey Social Security Disability Attorneys at the law office of Kazmierczak & Kazmierczak LLP can help get the benefits you deserve.

Are you suffering from the paralyzing affects of Ankylosing Spondylitis and need to find out how to receive Social Security Benefits for Ankylosing Spondylitis? Contact the New Jersey Social Security Disability Attorneys at the Kazmierczak law office today!