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New Criteria for Spinal Cord Injury in Social Security Claims.
People with spinal cord injuries can now draw Social Security Benefits within 2 weeks post-injury. Thanks to members of the Illinois Chapter of NSICA, the Social Security Administration Operations Manual includes a new criteria for Spinal Cord Injury: "Allegation of inability to ambulate without the use of a walker or bilateral hand-held assistive device more than two weeks following a spinal cord injury with verification of such status from an appropriate medical professional" (Form SSA-3367-F4, page 2).
For more information on this and other Social Security issues, visit their home page at www.ssa.gov.
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