Can You Get Disability Benefits for Neck Pain in Wisconsin?

Neck Pain Won’t Let You Work? There’s Hope.

It doesn’t matter if an injury, infection or lifelong condition caused your neck pain, if it’s severe and always there, it’s soul-crushing. Your back and up can feel on fire. When it’s bad, holding a job is out of the question.

The last thing you want to worry about is bills piling up. Social Security Disability benefits are designed for situations like this. Financial benefits can get you to stable ground so you can focus on your health.

Winning benefits through Social Security’s complicated application process, however, is another matter. Most first-time applicants—up to 80%—are denied.

Don’t lose hope. Whether you’re applying from the start or appealing a denial and live in Madison, Wassau or anywhere in Wisconsin, the skilled disability lawyers at Becker Law Office and Hawks Quindel can help. We’ve helped thousands of people.

Below we discuss how to qualify for disability benefits for neck pain.

When you’re struggling with debilitating neck problems, let us help you get the benefits you deserve so you can live more comfortably.

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Does Social Security Recognize My Neck Pain Disorder?

Social Security keeps what people call a “Blue Book” of conditions, illnesses and disorders that it considers eligible for disability benefits. Several associated with neck pain are in there.

These include:

But what if you can’t find your diagnosis on Social Security’s list of impairments?

It doesn’t rule out getting benefits. The main thing is to prove to Social Security that your neck condition exists and keeps you from “substantial gainful activity,” which is Social Security’s way of saying, “earning a living.”

You can have a doctor conduct an evaluation of your ability to work. This is called a residual functional capacity (RFC) test. It measures how your neck pain limits the intensity of tasks you can perform.

If your pain is severe enough that you can no longer perform your job—or any other job for that matter—Social Security may grant you a “medical vocational allowance.”

This designation makes you eligible for disability benefits without a formally recognized impairment. Just remember that most people who choose this route have already been denied at least once by Social Security.

If you have questions about whether your neck pain qualifies for a medical vocational allowance, and how to make a disability claim for neck pain, give Becker Law Office a call.

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How Do I Prove My Neck Pain Qualifies for Social Security Disability Benefits?

When you’re dealing with a vast government agency like Social Security, you have to put your pain on paper. Literally.

That means document, document, document—and save those documents—to create a paper trail of your health problems.

You have to tell your story in a convincing way, and your medical records are the start.

Social Security will want to see what your doctors saw. So you’ll need to collect your X-rays, MRIs, and other image evaluations.

Your medical records should describe the conditions of your muscles and nerves.

Your doctor should provide detailed notes of your medical journey, including any treatments or medications you take to ease your neck pain. If you have suffered recent or not-so-recent injuries, include those, too.

Taking all these together, Social Security can see the reality of your neck disorder and its impact on your life.

If collecting evidence sounds daunting, take heart that you don’t have to do it by yourself. An experienced disability lawyer can track down your records and compile them into a logical way that speaks your truth to Social Security.

In Wisconsin, call the Becker Law Office and Hawks Quindel. Let us do the heavy lifting so you can breathe easier and live your fullest life.

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