Connective Tissue Disorders
Connective tissue is the material that holds the body together. Connective tissue disorders can be caused by, among other causes, genetic conditions, trauma, or infection. Each type has different symptoms and treatments. Connective tissue disorders include Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Vasculitis, Dupuytren's Disease, Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, Immunoglobulin Deficiency Syndrome, Systemic Sclerosis and Scleroderma, CREST Syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and Marfan Syndrome among others. Social Security classifies connective tissue disorders as immune system disorders. Connective tissue disorders generally involve multiple body systems including the joints, muscles, the eyes, the respiratory system, the heart, the digestive tract, the renal system, the blood system, the nervous system, as well as skin and tissues internally surrounding the organs and arteries as well as externally. Other symptoms of connective tissue disorders and diseases include mental impairments, severe fatigue, fever, malaise, and weight loss.
In order to prove your disability to Social Security, you need to either document that your condition or conditions meet or equal in severity the criteria found in the Social Security Commissioner's regulations or, if you are an adult, that your condition and symptoms are so severe that you are unable to work. If you are a child under 18, you must similarly show that your condition or conditions meet or equal in severity the criteria in the Social Security Commissioner's regulations or that your condition or conditions functionally equals the Commissioner's regulations. The law firm of Sheryl Gandel Mazur has experienced disability attorneys and has been representing individuals in their Social Security disability appeals for over twenty five years. Let us help you receive your Social Security disability benefits.
Our disability law firm represents individuals:
- In filing their initial disability applications
- In handling cases at the initial level including appealing initial denials
- In handling cases at the reconsideration level including appealing reconsideration denials
- In handling cases at the hearings level
- In appealing and handling cases at the Appeals Council level
- In appealing and handling cases at the Federal Court level
This firm also handles SSI child's disability cases at all levels.
Organizations: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (http://www.niams.nih.gov/)
