replacement Archives - Social Security Disability

There is a listing under the rules of Social Security Disability that includes knee disorders. Knee disorders is a large grouping of knee problems, including total replacement of the knee and or surgery that is needed and the Dr. decides that you are not a good candidate for the surgery. Knee problems can effect anyone, at anytime. Once the knee has to be replacement, it is generally a life long process that you must deal with, and be able to maintain a job, sometimes maintaining the job becomes impossible due to your limitations, and or the pain associated with knee replacement.

The requirements to meet this listing are things such as reconstructive surgery on a major weight bearing joint, this includes the knee, the listing also requires that you do not have the ability to ambulate effectively, either after the surgery or since you are not a candidate for surgery, you cannot ambulate effectively in your condition. The pain associated with knee problems is tremendous, due to the fact that it is always under pressure from the weight of your body.

In many cases of knee replacement, the pain is constant and the medications used to alleviate the pain are so strong that the claimant cannot perform past work, and or any sedentary work that might be available. Even in sedentary work an individual might be required to use pedals or foot controls, and many knee replacement claimants cannot tolerate the pain from these requirements.

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Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

Unfortunately I come across cases that sometimes are the result of a hip replacement surgery that has not turned out very well for a host of reasons, I am often asked by clients that phone me, “is there a disability listing for a bad hip replacement”? The answer is yes there is, it is a listing called, Reconstructive surgery or surgical arthrodesis of a major weight bearing joint, in terms we all understand a little better, this listing is referring to things such as hip replacement surgery.

One of the key factors to be noted for disability listed under Social Security for hip surgery is the actual notes, medical records are kept very well on hip replacements, even down to the serial number of the hip replacement that was used in your procedure. As noted above, there are a host of reasons that things are not the same with a replaced hip, there are so many, and many reasons unique to each person.

In regards to what is required under the listing, the other key factor is, are you expected to be ambulatory, ie moving about, within the 12 months after surgery? I have found that most hip replacement individuals are not very ambulatory within 12 months, and it seems that the older the claimant, the less likely they will be up and about in 12 months.

Many claimants have commented to me that even when sitting for a period of time it becomes painful, this is important in Social Security Disability claims, because it could possibly eliminate you from being able to do even sedentary work like taking up tickets at a theatre or toll booth. When a hip replacement fails it can be a life changing event for you and your family.

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Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.