What you need to know about Knee Pain and Social Security Disability Benefits
Official Transcript: Knee Pain and Social Security Disability Benefits
Hi, I am Sharon Christie your nurse attorney for Social Security Disability Benefits. Today let us talk about knee pain and Social Security Disability Benefits. I get a lot of questions from people about whether the knee pain that they have would be enough to qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits. Well, now that is going to depend on a couple of things. First of all how severe is your knee pain? Now I have talked to people who have a degree of pain but it really comes and goes and it may be most apparent when they are trying to climb stairs, and they say that can be painful but otherwise, the pain is fairly minimal and it comes and goes. In that situation, it is very unlikely that you are going to have a basis for a disability case. Now, why is that important? Well, that is because there are plenty of desks or sedentary jobs out there that would allow you to do the job without ever having to up and down stairs.
On the other hand, I talk to people who have very severe knee pain. They have bone-on-bone pain and in fact, they may be waiting to get a knee replacement now. In those situations that may be something that actually is going to interfere with your ability to work and keep you from working for at least 12 consecutive months which is the basic rule for Social Security Disability. So knee pain in some instances can certainly be a basis for Social Security Disability. It all depends on what your medical evidence shows about the severity of your condition. How you have responded to treatment and how your knee pain interferes with your activities day to day.
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.