Arthritis

     Arthritis is a frequent basis for successful Social Security disability claims. Arthritis means pain in a joint. There's more than one reason why someone might have pain in a joint so there are various types of arthritis. Here are a few:

• Osteoarthritis -- The garden variety of arthritis that everyone gets as they age.
• Inflammatory arthritis -- This is caused by one of a number of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis that can cause dramatic symptoms and joint destruction. This one has nothing to do with age. Children can come down with rheumatoid arthritis.
• Post-traumatic arthritis -- You may have had only a few aches and pains in that joint you injured until years later when it finally catches up with you. This doesn't happen after all fractures -- most don't involve joints and those which do don't always result in post-traumatic arthritis. 
• Gout -- Caused by excess uric acid in the bloodstream which deposits out as sharp crystals, most commonly in the big toe. Gout is well known as extremely painful. In most cases, but not all, gout can be controlled with medication.

If you're in NC and want help with your Social Security disability claim, call Hall & Rouse, P.C. at 1-866-425-5347