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William Powell of Powell & Denny
Can a Knee Injury Lead to Both Workers Compensation and Social Security Disability Benefits? Many people think of a knee injury as a relatively routine workplace injury. After all, professional athletes tear their ACL or meniscus every season and often return to competition after surgery. Unfortunately, real life is not always that simple. A serious Read More
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Can a Hand or Wrist Injury Lead to Both Workers Compensation and Social Security Disability Benefits? Most people do not realize how much they rely on their hands until they lose the ability to use them. Opening a jar. Buttoning a shirt. Typing on a keyboard. Holding a hammer. Using a screwdriver. Gripping a steering Read More
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Why Postural Restrictions Matter in Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability Cases After a serious workplace injury, many people focus on one question; “How much weight can I lift?” While lifting restrictions are certainly important, they are only one part of the picture. Many injured workers receive permanent restrictions involving activities such as: stooping; kneeling; Read More
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Can Artificial Intelligence Replace an Experienced Attorney? Twice this year I had to withdraw from representing clients—one in a Social Security Disability case and one in an Alabama workers’ compensation claim—because they believed that after getting on Chat GPT, CoPilot, Open AI or some other form of AI-they knew best how to proceed with their Read More
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Can the Side Effects of My Medication Affect My Alabama Workers Compensation Claim? When most people think about a workers’ compensation case, they focus on the injury itself. A torn rotator cuff. A herniated disc. A crushed hand. A serious knee injury. But experienced workers’ compensation attorneys know that sometimes the treatment becomes almost as Read More
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How an Altered Gait Can Affect Alabama Workers Compensation and Social Security Disability Claims After suffering a serious injury to a knee, ankle, foot, hip, or leg, many injured workers develop what doctors call an altered gait. Most people simply call it walking with a limp. At first glance, that may not seem like a Read More
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Can a Foot Injury Lead to Both Workers Compensation and Social Security Disability Benefits? Most people don’t think of a foot injury as life-changing. After all, people break toes, sprain ankles, or fracture feet every day and eventually return to work, but a serious foot injury can permanently affect a person’s ability to stand, walk, Read More
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Can I Receive Social Security Disability Benefits for Epilepsy or Other Seizure Disorders? Epilepsy—commonly referred to as a seizure disorder—is a neurological condition affecting the brain and nervous system. It is typically diagnosed after a person experiences two or more unprovoked seizures, meaning the seizures were not caused by temporary factors such as extremely low Read More
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Why Restrictions Matter More Than Your Diagnosis-Permanent Restrictions One of the biggest misconceptions we encounter is that the diagnosis determines the outcome of an Alabama workers’ compensation claim or Social Security Disability case. It often does not. Imagine two workers. Both suffer identical rotator cuff tears. Both undergo the same surgery. Both have identical MRI Read More
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Understanding Impairment Ratings in Alabama Workers Compensation Cases One of the most common questions injured workers ask after reaching Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI) is: “The doctor gave me an impairment rating. What does that mean?” Unfortunately, there is a great deal of confusion surrounding impairment ratings and how they affect workers’ compensation benefits in Alabama. Read More
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