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Is Chronic Pain a Disability for Social Security Benefits in Ohio?

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Social Security Disability benefits can free you from worry when chronic pain interferes with your life and ability to make a living.

But is chronic pain a disability in the eyes of Social Security? Social Security says: “Statements about your pain or other symptoms will not alone establish that you are disabled.”

To Social Security, “disability” means the inability to work. You’re going to need what they call “objective medical evidence” from doctors and other medical sources confirming that your pain is limiting.

And while Social Security keeps a list of health impairments that can qualify for disability benefits, pain itself isn’t on the list. So you’ll also need to show how your pain is related to other, more directly qualifying medical conditions.

This sounds like a lot. It is a lot.

But don’t give up on getting financial relief from Social Security Disability and the chance at a calmer, safer, more contented life.

A Social Security Disability lawyer can help you in this process, and ease the pressure on you. In Ohio, you can talk to Horenstein, Nicholson & Blumenthal (HNB). Our lawyers who’ve helped thousands of people secure millions in benefits.

We know how you can get approved for benefits with chronic pain. We can guide you through the roundabout way that Social Security reviews your case. Read below for more on how to claim disability benefits for chronic pain.

To talk about your specific needs, get in touch with us: “Helping me, that’s HNB.”

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    Can You Get Disability Benefits for Chronic Pain? 4 Steps.

    Social Security says they’ll put your chronic pain disability claim through four major steps:

    • Step One: Determining if your medical impairment, including pain, is severe, based on how it impacts your work
    • Step Two: Seeing if you have a condition related to pain that’s on Social Security’s official list of impairments
    • Step Three: Evaluating whether your condition, if it’s not on the list, equals one that does appear
    • Step Four: Measuring how your pain symptoms hinder your ability to function in everyday life

    Each step depends on the “objective medical evidence” that Social Security requires.

    They need this evidence partly because pain is such an individual experience. No one person can fully make another person understand what their pain is like.

    So to make a decision on your Social Security Disability application when it involves chronic pain, they’ll look at medical records like lab tests, exam reports from doctors, tests of joint motion and more.

    In addition to getting someone who knows what medical evidence you need and how to talk about it with your doctors, you need someone who listens.

    The Ohio disability attorneys from HNB aren’t here to question your pain. We’re here to support your claim.

    It’s an uncaring process. We’re here to care. You pay no attorney fee until you win benefits. We’ll talk to you about your case at no charge.

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    A doctor examines a man’s back. An HNB lawyer can help you document your neck or back pain symptoms and prove to Social Security that you should receive disability benefits.

    An HNB lawyer can help you document your neck or back pain symptoms and prove to Social Security that you should receive disability benefits.

    How to Qualify for Disability Benefits with Chronic Pain: Building You Case

    When it gets into the details of your situation with chronic pain, Social Security says it looks at factors like these:

    • What your typical day of activities looks like
    • Where you experience pain on your body
    • How often your pain happens
    • How long your pain lasts
    • The intensity of your pain
    • Situations that trigger or worsen your pain
    • What medications you take for pain
    • What treatments you get for pain
    • What non-medical strategies you use to relieve pain (like changing positions or sleeping in certain ways)

    Our disability lawyers have worked with many Ohioans experiencing debilitating pain.

    We can ask you questions about your pain in everyday life—details you might not think about—that reveal to Social Security how truly limiting your condition is.

    And we can help you identify any and all medical conditions that could go into your case.

    While pain is the kind of health issue that’s hard to translate for other people, which can lead to disability benefit denials, having a skilled, experienced disability lawyer working on your claim can make a difference for you.

    Talk to HNB in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and anywhere in Ohio.

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    A couple sits in bed looking at a laptop computer. Getting Social Security Disability benefits for neck or back pain is complicated, but HNB knows all your options.

    Getting Social Security Disability benefits for neck or back pain is complicated, but HNB knows all your options.