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 eastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, southeastern Kentucky, and western North Carolina.

Tennessee counties: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington.

Tennessee communities: Alcoa, Bloomingdale, Bulls Gap, Bristol, Church Hill, Clinton, Colonial Heights, Eagleton Village, Elizabethton, Erwin, Farragut, Greeneville, Jefferson City, Johnson City, Kingsport, Knoxville, La Follette, Maryville, Morristown, Mount Carmel, New Tazewell, Newport, Oak Ridge, Pigeon Forge, Rogersville, Rutledge, Sevierville, Seymour, Sneedville, Surgoinsville, and Tazewell.