Each of your feet has 26 bones, 33 joints, and more than 100 tendons, muscles, ligaments.  This means that a lot can go wrong with your feet.  Also, if your ankle is involved, this may be analyzed under foot disorders.  If you are 50 years [...]

Knee Disorders  Some of the knee cases before the Social Security Administration involve people that need a knee replacement or people that have had a failed knee replacement.  Knee pain may be so great, the pain itself keeps the person from being able to work.  If [...]

Most of these cases involve hip replacement because of the hip wearing down (avascular necrosis of the femoral head). Hip fractures and birth defects also make up this category of cases. Standing and sitting for even short periods of time can be difficult. The hip [...]

If you have a fracture and you are trying to obtain Social Security disability benefits, you must have the opinion of your treating doctor.  The Social Security Administration wants to know how long it will take for your fracture to heal.  This information must come from your doctor.  [...]

If you have poor vision in your disability case before the Social Security Administration, you will need a thorough vision test that measures not only your visual acuity (distance), but also your peripheral vision (visual fields).  A complete ophthalmology exam will include a report on how [...]

If you have poor hearing and your disability case is before the Social Security Administration, you will need an audiology test to show the extent of your hearing loss. Please keep in mind that audiology testing does not always include speech discrimination testing. Speech discrimination [...]