Examining Social Security Disability Benefits for Neuropathy with Sharon Christie

At Sharon Christie Law we see many clients who suffer from neuropathy and the underlying causes. Many ask us about the process behind Social Security Disability Benefits for Neuropathy, and the most common reason is diabetes, but there are other causes of neuropathy. Now neuropathy is a condition that affects your fee the most frequently and your hands causing numbness and tingling, and pain.

Most of our clients will say that it is odd because their feet are numb, or a tingling sensation, but it is also painful. Neuropathy also causes more than that because if your feet are affected and you have severe neuropathy it is going to affect your ability to walk and it is going to limit the amount of walking you can do, sometimes to the point where a walker or cane is needed, and in extreme cases even a wheelchair.

For those affected in their hands, you generally experience the same kind of numbness or tingling, but it also affects your ability to use your hands. It can affect very severely fine motor movement so your ability to button buttons, zipper a jacket, or even open jars is done so with great difficulty. In severe causes neuropathy in your hands and move further up your arm and it may affect just the total movement of your arms, so at Sharon Christie Law we look at all of the effects that neuropathy can have on someone. This helps us to determine whether your neuropathy is severe enough that it will interfere with your ability to do any job at all for eight hours a day five days a week. Taking you one step closer to Social Security Disability Benefits for Neuropathy.

About Sharon Christie Law: 

Sharon Christie is the owner and founder of Sharon Christie Law, and is an attorney and former nurse. Her team of professionals and paraprofessionals help people win Social Security Disability Benefits! Our Social Security Disability Law Firm serves clients in Maryland, Southern Pennsylvania, Northern Virginia, and Washington DC.