Social Security Benefits for Back Pain

Back pain can be agonizing and debilitating. Back pain or backache can result from trauma such as a sport injury or assault. It can also be a consequence of disease like arthritis or disorder such as a deviation in the spine. Slipped, herniated, or fused discs can also produce sever back pain and these maladies can result from either disease or trauma. Back pain can manifest itself as either soreness of the muscles or as a sharp piercing pain in the spine or vertebra. Back pain that continues for more than three months is considered chronic and may need special medical attention.

Have you or a loved one suffered an incapacitating back injury and have questions about Social Security Benefits for Back Pain? Contact the New Jersey Social Security Disability Attorneys at the Kazmierczak Law Firm to find out about your entitlement to Social Security Benefits for Back Pain!

According to the Social Security Administration, studies of American workers suggests that an person that enters the workforce at the age of twenty has a three-in-ten chance of suffering a disabling injury before reaching the age of retirement. Social Security will determine the amount of your monthly disability benefit based on your lifetime average earnings covered by Social Security.

Process of receiving Social Security Benefits for Back Pain:

Approval Notice: Social Security will notify you of the amount of you have been approved for and when your payments will begin.
First Payment: Social Security law stipulates that the first disability benefit payment cannot be made earlier than five full months after your application is approved. Benefit payments typically begin at the sixth month of disability.
Payment Schedule: Benefits payments will continue every month of your disability and are paid the month subsequent to the month it is due. This month’s payment will be received next month.
Duration: Disability benefits continue for the length of your medical condition and you cannot return to work. Depending on your disability, your benefits will continue for a predetermined period or for an indefinite period.
Review: Your case is reviewed regularly to make sure you are still eligible for disability benefits. You are responsible for advising Social Security if there is any improvement in your condition or if you can return to work.

Chronic back pain can be incapacitating to the point that a person be unable to stand up straight. Even when back pain is less severe, it can still severely limit a person’s range of motion or even their flexibility. This can make even the simplest of tasks arduous and excruciating. Do not give up you Social Security benefits for back pain. Contact the experienced New Jersey Social Security Disability Attorneys at the Law Firm of Kazmierczak & Kazmierczak today and get your life back.