Applying for disability benefits
when you have:

• Anxiety disorders
• Arthritis & joint damage
• Asthma
• Back injuries
• Complex regional pain
• Congestive heart failure
• Chronic fatigue
• Crohn's disease
• Cystic fibrosis
• Depression/bipolar disorder
• Diabetes
• Fibromyalgia
• Hearing impairments
• Hepatitis C & liver disease
• HIV
• Ischemic heart disease
• Leukemia
• Lung disease
• Lupus
• Multiple sclerosis
• Schizophrenia
• Soft tissue injuries
• Stroke

The disability evaluation process

• Answers to 8 common questions
• Examples of who is and is not disabled
• The sequential evaluation process
• A large bureaucracy
• Glossary

Disability forms

• Employment questionnaire
• Monthly headache diary
• Monthly wage information
• Activities questionnaire

Disability appeals

• The appeal process
• Good cause for late appeals

After a favorable decision

• Answers to 25 questions
• Delayed benefits
• Questions about working part-time
• Continuing disability reviews

Your disability hearing

• Advice for your Social Security disability hearing
• Answers to 14 common questions
• The hearing
• Your testimony
• Lay witnesses
• Vocational issues

Legal issues

• Alcohol or drug addiction
• Borderline age
• Chemical sensitivity and
  environmental illness
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Illiteracy
• Inability to afford treatment
• Inability to speak English
• Inability to stoop
• Lupus
• Manipulative limitations
• Severe impairment definition
• Subjective pain complaints
• Worn-out worker regulation

Frequently Asked Questions

• Should I apply for disability?
• How long does the disability process take?
• When should I apply for benefits?
• What does a disability attorney do?
• When am I likely to receive a hearing?
• What are disability hearings like?
• What happens if my disability appeal is late?
• What is the most common disability mistake?

Areas Served: We handle Social Security disability claims for claimants from southeastern Indiana, southwestern Ohio, and northern Kentucky, including these counties and communities:

Indiana Counties: Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Jefferson, Jennings, Ohio, Ripley, and Switzerland.
Indiana Cities: Greensburg, Lawrenceburg, and Madison.

Ohio Counties: Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren.
Ohio Cities: Blue Ash, Cincinnati, Fairfield, Forest Park, Franklin, Hamilton, Lebanon, Loveland, Mason, Middletown, Montgomery, North College Hill, Norwood, Oxford, Reading, Sharonville, Springboro, and Springdale.

Kentucky Counties: , Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, and Pendleton.
Kentucky Cities: Covington, Erlanger, Florence, Fort Thomas, Independence, and Newport.

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