Especially when arising in the context of ERISA, disability claims can be very difficult. The Firm has represented many individuals with a wide array of disability claims as a result of conditions such as:
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\nChronic Fatigue Syndrome - A condition that causes fatigue severe enough to interfere with your ability to participate in normal work, recreational, or social activities. Fatigue caused by CFS does not improve substantially with rest.
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\nMultiple Sclerosis - A chronic neurological disease that involves the central nervous system—specifically the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. MS can cause problems with muscle control and strength, vision, balance, sensation, and mental functions.
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\nLupus - A chronic disease that can cause inflammation, pain, and tissue damage throughout the body. Lupus is an autoimmune disease, in which a person's immune system attacks its own tissues as though they were foreign substances. If you develop serious lupus, you may have problems with your kidneys, heart, lungs, or blood cells.
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\nDegenerative Disc Disease – This encompasses an assortment of ailments to the spine, including herniated discs, spondylolisthesis, stenosis, idiopathic scoliosis, kyphosis, and other spinal diseases that occur as we grow older.
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\nBi-polar Disorder - Also known as manic depression, bi-polar disorder is a serious illness that can lead to crippling mood swings, irrational behavior and suicidal tendencies.
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\nCancer – a general term for more than 100 medical conditions involving uncontrolled and dangerous cell growth. Scientists suggest that some cancer is caused by genetic factors, while other forms are caused by environmental conditions.
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\nOsteoarthritis - type of arthritis that is caused by the breakdown and eventual loss of the cartilage of one or more joints.
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\nRheumatoid arthritis – a type of arthritis that causes the body’s immune system to attack the joints.
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\nCongestive heart failure - potentially lethal condition in which congestion develops in the lungs that is produced by a heart attack, poorly controlled or uncontrolled hypertension, or disease processes that weaken the heart.
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\nChronic heart failure - a disorder in which the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently throughout the body. The oxygen and nutrients in the blood provide the body with the energy it needs to operate efficiently.
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\nAnxiety disability - sudden bouts of intense fear or anxiety that causes frightening but not life-threatening symptoms such as a pounding heart, shortness of breath, and the feeling of losing control or dying.
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\nReflex sympathetic dystrophy - chronic progressive neurological condition that affects skin, muscles, joints, and bones. The syndrome usually develops in an injured limb, such as a broken leg.
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\nHIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the virus which causes AIDS. HIV is a retro- virus that attacks the human immune system.
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\nAIDS – A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles.
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\nHepatitis C - Affects the liver and can cause liver damage. Hepatitis C infection happens by coming into direct contact with the blood of an infected person.
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\nSchizophrenia - a wide range of mental disorders characterized by a disassociation of sensory input, feelings and emotions on one hand and thoughts on the other. Symptoms can include hallucinations, hearing voices, a feeling that one's thoughts or actions are under someone else's control, and many others.
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\nCrohn’s disease - inflammatory disease most prominent in the small bowel, which may involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract and other organs, and which is associated clinically with diarrhea and irritable bowel.
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\n*To learn more about the diseases and conditions above, please visit www.WebMD.com.