Questions - Advocacy en-us http://www.thescizone.com/questions N/A http://www.thescizone.com/questions webmaster@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/questions/articles/74/1/How-disability-is-determined/1.html Social Security uses a step-by-step process involving five questions: Are you working? If you are and your earnings average more than $700 a month, you generally cannot be considered disabled. Is your condition severe?  Your impairments must interfere with basic work-related activities for your claim to be considered. Is your condition found in the list of disabling impairments? Social Security maintains a list of impairments for each of the major body systems that are so severe they automatically mean you are disabled. If your condition is not on the list, it has to decide if it is of equal severity to an impairment on the list. If it is, your claim is approved. If it is not, go to the next step. Can you do the work you did previously? If your condition is severe, but not at the same or equal severity as an impairment on the list, then Social Security must determine if it interferes with your ability to do the work you did in the last 15 years.  webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/questions/articles/37/1/Causes-of-Spinal-Cord-Injury/1.html The most common causes of spinal cord injury are car and other motor vehicle collisions (54.7%), falls (17.7%), and other medical conditions and sports injuries (27.6%). The injury is usually caused by sudden impact, which crushes the spine and cord. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/questions/articles/31/1/How-many-people-are-alive-today-in-the-US-with-SCI/1.html Estimates vary, but the generally accepted range is between 183,000 and 230,000 persons are alive today in the U.S. with SCI. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Sat, 02 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/questions/articles/29/1/What-are-the-leading-causes-of-SCI/1.html  Motor vehicle crashes rank 1st at 38.5% followed by acts of violence at 24.5%; falls at 21.8%; sports at 7.2% and all others at 7.9%. These figures are for all injuries reported to the National Database since 1990. The percentage of cases due to acts of violence and falls have increased steadily since 1973. The percentage of cases due to motor vehicle crashes and sports has been falling. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0400