Hi I love all your videos. I am going through reconsideration right now for my psych issues and RSD. Thank for your video ur helping me so much.

I have spondylosis and spinal stenosis with neuropathy. 4 bulged discs, 2 cysts and 2 annular fissures and arthritis in the spine. I’ve been denied 5 years! Now I finally have a hearing coming up. My life has been hell.

Thank you again Jonathon Ginsberg and your entire team for helping me win my case. If you 'think' you might be disabled to the point you can't work, consider calling Jonathon, regardless of your location. He has many videos here and on his website. He may be able to help you like he helped me. I always took notes with the videos. Mr. Ginsberg is in the Atlanta area, I'm in Indiana. Best decision that I made last year.

Congratulations on your "Winning Back Pain Social Security Disability In 2023 - NEW VIDEO!" inspirational thanks for sharing. 🤝

My back has been getting significantly worse lately. I have heard of many people who went to the doctor and the doctor refused to do any tests, because a lot of people are starting to say that back pain doesn't have an actual cause and it is all in people's heads! The people who say that are probably lying! Thank you for this video. I will tell my doctor about my worsening back pain, and hopefully he will do some scans. Otherwise, I will try to find one of those inexpensive MRI clinics you mentioned. I don't have a lot of money but I will do what I can because health is the most important thing.

It took me 5 years to get my disability and right now it's not even funny on how much pain I live with Now I'm doing pain management! I'm going to have a test done on how and where is my pinched nerves are at! I saw lot's of your videos it was and has a horrible experience on back pain! Thanks for your videos

I am in my waiting period to appear before a judge. I have an extensive spine history. I Have mild spina bifida but at 18 yrs old i had surgery to release a tethered cord. This is where my cord had a fatty tail extending from the end of my cord and connected to the spinal canal wall. I have dealt with severe back pain all my life. I went to my spine surgeon for the first time in 2014. MRI showed Spondylolisthesis and other things. He told me to wait and have surgery when i could not stand it any longer. With each passing year my pain and issues got worse. Severe right buttock and leg pain with numbness, tingling, and weakness. I started stumbling frequently bc my toe would hit when i would try to pick my right leg up to walk. In 2020 i just could not stand it any longer. I threw my back out 3 different times doing nothing. Each time was worse than the last. I literally could not walk, had to pulled out of bed. My husband had to wipe me bc i couldnt. After the 3rd time i went back to the same spine surgeon in dec of 2020. He did a new MRI and I had an L5-S1 fusion at the end of march 2021. I had about 75% relief and went back to work mid May to see how i would do. Initially I was ok but at about 3 months after my surgery, i started have new back pain and it was running around into my groin, between my legs, and down the front of my thigh. I had to go on Fmla on Sept 29th 2021. I was terminated at work in Feb 2022 bc i was not able to return. New MRI and it showed L3-4 had adjacent segment disorder. So in April of 2022, 1 yr from my 1st back surgery, i had a revision to a 3 level fusion, from L3-S1. I was diagnosed with failed back syndrome. It helped the pain in my groin and thigh. But i still have very severe back pain. My right leg is still very weak and it will be like that from now on. It is heavy and fuzzy feeling. Around January of 2023 i started having new pain. Lower in my spine almost sacrum area. It ran between my legs and down my leg again. Only difference was that every step i made it would shoot up my leg to my back. I had to have my husband help me or i had to use my walker around the house again. That way i could walk without putting pressure on my leg. I had several close calls falling. My pain management Dr did an injection into my SI joint first of march 2023. It helped. So now i have also been diagnosed with SI joint disorder. During all of this i started having right arm hand and finger numbness and tingling. For maybe the last 3 or 4 yrs i would have what i thought was recurrent "cricks" in my neck. Well, MRI on my neck showed almost complete collapse of C5-6 and partial C6-7 with radiculopathy and nerve root compression. In April of 2023 i had a C5-6 cervical fusion. He decided not to do C6-7 bc he didnt want to restrict my neck movement anymore than necessary. He said C6-7 may auto fuse. It took care of about 75% of the numbess and tingling. I still have some. My arm is extremely weak bc i already had less arm function bc of Parsonage-Turner syndrome that i had in 2015. I still have neck pain that runs down the back of my neck and gives me headaches. I am unable to sit for more than 20-30 mins and I have to change position. The only comfortable position with the least amount of pain in my back is reclining. I can not sleep in the bed. I have to sleep in the recliner. As if my spine situation with current severe pain and leg weakness wasnt enough, i have been diagnosed with Lupus. My rheumatologist said i have inflammatory arthritis caused bu the lupus. My hands and feet swell almost every day, to where my feet are painful to touch on the tops. The joints of my hands hurt frequently and ny fingersbare swollen and painful almost every day when i wake up. She has had to switch my medicine a couple times. Im still not controlled. And you kniw autoimmune comes with other autoimmune. I have sjogrens, fibromyalgia. I also have recurrent major depressive disorder. It is from everything I am going through with my health and finances, not being able to provide for my kids like I need to. My husband is having to work 2 jobs. I am 44 and have had my initial denial, reconsideration denial, and now waiting to go before a judge. My lawyer says she is almost confident that i will be approved. Do you have an opinion on what i have said?

Everything you mentioned at the beginning of this video I suffer from. I have so many of these issues if not all with my spine that you mentioned. My legs shut off from the nerve problems, the pain is 24/7. Stenosis, multiple disc issues. I can't remember when I actually had a real night of sleep. I cannot find a position that I can get relief from the pain. If I sit for any period of time it feels like my legs turn to stone when I get out of the chair and try to walk. My walking ability has diminished to 10% and I am being generous with the 10%. I lost count how many times I have fallen due to my legs shutting off and needed physical therapy for the spinal and extremity injuries from impact. You basically told my exact story. I have a previous MRI report from 2019/2020 and the imaging dvd but I am going to get an up to date MRI just to have the most current information for my case. September 6th is my appointment with SSA to get the ball rolling. This will not be my first time filing. The pandemic created many problems with medical records availability and at the last minute before my hearing my lawyer bailed out on me and left me in a horrible mental state. I have also been receiving treatment for mental health issues since November 2022. I am looking for a lawyer. Your video gave me hope that I can be successful this time around with better preparation.

This is me: spinal stenosis, herniated disk, limited feeling and muscle weakness in the left lower side. Leg buttocks, unmentionables, had a spinal fusion L4 L5 a year ago, the pain is just enough to make it hard to sleep. Frequently 4-6 times a night wake up. Difficulty with LDS surgery did not bring back the feeling or strength. Stand 20 mins max, frequent naps still using my walker every day, best relief is reclining, but within 30 mins the sciatica starts hurting on the right side. 🙄 Bus driver 16 years until my disc herniated, can not climb up the bus steps now, nor legally pass a DOT physical. Oh & 48 years living with fibromyalgia 🙏

Thank you so much for all your helpful videos!

Thank you for all you do to help.

Thank you for the information.. I’m waiting for my case out come?

Thank you for your videos. I've been out of work for 28 months now. I just got my rejection notice for SSD at the "reconsideration" phase. I am filing for the hearing with the judge next, but I'm very nervous.

I am in the reconsideration process now and fortunately my doctor is very supportive. On top of the RFC reports he has filled out and all of my recent objective evidence, MRI, X-ray and nerve conduction tests that the SSA has been sent, he just wrote a letter for me yesterday stating that i meet TWO of their musculoskeletal blue book listings without a doubt and can not work for 12 months or more and that in his opinion i am disabled. He mentioned me having everything that both listings speak of and that in my case it is all severe. Will this letter finally be enough to save me from another denial and a minimum of another year waiting to go before a judge?

I have severe spinal canal stenosis in my cervical spine in which I just had a 2 level ACDF between C4-C5 and C5-C6 and a C5 corpectomy but as my surgeon said the operation may not help any of my symptoms and was being done mostly to keep it from getting worse, I had the operation on Dec. 29th and as of today I have seen no improvement and dont expect any I go to a Medical review on the 8th of march then the psych. review on the 17th but Im not holding my breath an figure I'll get refused even though I have trouble even walking anymore.

I won I have spinal stenosis. HLAB 27 positive. Leg Length discrepancy.

Mr. Ginsberg, thanks for your videos. Here is a question: How would you go about making the case for a client who has frequent but not daily flair ups that make them unreliable at work? Like arthritis or hidradentitis suppurativa in my case. As in the condition causes the patient to miss/call out of work 3-4 times a month due to bleeding or painful swelling. I can't find anyone who is talking about medical conditions that aren't a CONSTANT nuisance in their lives. THANKS!

I have advance stage four cancer prostate cancer that gave me bone cancer in my back, the MMRI showed it. My insurance payed for it, had the BCBS

Another excellent informative video, thank you. I am 57, back hips neck and now shoulders probably need replacement and ptsd. 100 % VA p & t. All issues backed up with xrays and mri: spondylosis, disk degeneration limited movement and chronic pain. If I go to grid rules could too much education go against me? I have a masters but physically in bad shape. Thank you. I have survival kit.

Hi I have herniated disc on my neck And I have carpal tunnel on both hands but I had surgery on my right hand and I have had a lot of fiscal therapy for my back lower and upper level and I have Depression and I'm not working but I was denied and I I appealed so now I have to go to SSI doctors I am just tired of all the bull s"** that people have to go through to get any help is horrible

Hello jonathan i have spoken to you in the past i have siatic nerve damage i recently had surgery for the siatic nerve damage and during surgery they found that my L1 is lose they said i need a second surgery to correct that n i also have cerebral palsey what are my chances when i go to a hearing i have all my paperwork n disc from drs n surgeon

I was in a mva in 2006 and was diagnosed with spondylolisthesis, 2 herniated, and 1 extruded disk and nerve impingement. The last couple years i have had a hard time working but have not been to the dr for back pain because i generally just deal with it. If i get an updated mri will that be enough to apply or will i need a history of more recent dr visits?

Shoot. I was diagnosed with Spodilolthisis (3-4) a year ago by the nurse practitioner (i've never seen the Doctor he's never available) . She told me I don't qualify for disability because, I need to walk more. I HAVE A DESK JOB!. says, I need to loss 100lbs to even consider surgery. Even then they strongly advise against it. I have back pain, pain when sitting, standing, driving, and my legs get heavy and stop working. IT HURTS!

I had my hearing today over the phone but was not able to end the hearing with final decision the judge had Jury duty so we have to reschedule feom what i heard the vocational examiner decided i was able to do sit down job. Which im not able to for more than 2 hours in a day not even in my home i recline i lay down. because i do alot of resting from laying down to reclining thru out the day cause of arthritis and back pain.. how am i to fight this or argue this?

What if I’ve already had a fusion. And movement is limited.? And still in pain daily.

How far back are MRI’s are good for ? Can MRI’s be 10 years old? Or fairly recent let’s at least 5 years back ?

How much of a difference does it make if MRI says "mild" vs "moderate" or "severe"? And what if your doctor finds things the radiologist missed and records those in his notes?

I have had 2 back surgarys leg neuropathy can't feel my leg from the knee down any longer and the foot on one leg completely numb, a fused neck and a animism bulging in my upper spine not winnable 5 times tried settled for S.S.I after 17 years talk about being screwed!?

Im 31 years old and had spondylolisthesis, stenosis, and a herniated disk for 3 years. The sciatica/radiculopathy down both legs was horrible. Eventually lost feeling in my right leg, foot & toes and ended up in the ER a month later with cauda equina symptoms after being bed ridden for weeks. I applied for ssd and ssi the day before having a laminectomy and mas-tlif ( fusion) L5-S1 surgery. Its been 6.5 months post op and I still have significant issues with pain and can't bend. Physical Therapy wants to me go 3x/week for the next 4 months. Havent been able to work for almost a year. Before I could only work roughly 20 hours a month. Are my chances of being approved for social security not good because I'm under 50?

Ok what if I have had an artificial disc put in L5-S1 and a 360 fusion at L2-L3 and I'm scheduled for a neck fusion at C3-C5? I am a 100% rated Veteran P&T and was Medically retired because of my back. I still have ongoing issues in my back, is this the type of stuff that the SS is looking for?

What are % chance of cdr. Im 65.5yrs fra 66.6?

Opinion of "Lateral recess narrowing contacts and may affect both descending L5 nerve roots Lateral recess narrowing contacts and may impinge both descending s1 nerve roots."?

Question for you, what if it’s a finding on the MRI that is significant in regards to the level of pain that it can cause, but not well known. For example, I have multiple conditions, one of them being a problem with my spine that causes severe pain, the radiologist have identified as a modic change. When looking up modic change and pain severity, it’s obvious that it can cause a lot of pain. But what if it’s something that the judge, and actually most people and doctors are not familiar with and may have no idea what it means?

Gosh I got so many problems it's not a joke.i was supposed to have surgery on my back but I lost my job and lost my insurance so I never had surgery and I have severe pain in my back numbness in my legs pulling hurts to bend over squat can't get down on my knees if I try I might as well give it up I ain't getting back up it's terrible have many disabilities

I have 3 bulging disc and a nerve laying on my spine

What are cases like fighting social security with fibromyalgia

I've been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis.

Ive had 4 bulge disc and herneated disc few years ago. Few MRI said had disc degeneration. Currently i have another herniated disc. 38 years old i cant hardly stand i sometimes think i would qualify for disability

How about two neck surgeries? I was turned down three years ago . Since then I have tried go back to work as dental assistant . unable to work full time for last three years and finally the pain so bad I,m no longer working at all. 57 years old . thinking about refilling again.

I wish you were my representative but my hearing is on thurs the 19th. MRI: C6-C7 disc extrusion. Severe spinal canal stenosis. Severe spinal cord deformity. ACDF surgery followed by 2nd anterior cervical surgery, C6 Corpectomy w/ C5-C7 fusion. Lumbar MRI: L5-S1 extrusion displacing L S1 nerve root with nerve root thickening and edema. 4x epidural injections. Mental Health issues requiring a psychiatrist, 12 or so therapy sessions, 200mg sertraline / day, 900 mg gabapentin per day, 50mg Quetiapine per day. I don’t feel very well prepared for the hearing after 30 months

Can you represent me? I live in lake bluff Illinois, I have everything wrong with my back you have mentioned I haven't been able to walk well for 18 years

The thing is when I when to the government doctors they don’t give me any MRI but just and XRay , which it shows The arthritis and the damage of the disc .

I need your help please Johnathan

What if you refuse pain management because you're a recovering addict and scared to get addicted? If i have to 1 or 2 x a year ,my gf hilds the pills and gives rhem to me as prescribed, but i don't dare to take them to long. I've been clean for 24 years and it's hard enough eirhr the depression and added depression of having no life now. I basically never know if it will be because of physical or mental health issues ,on whether i can actually move. It could executive function due to depression or paun is so bad ,i tried to stand and fell. I pushed against the wall as much as i could, and i just can't anymore. I would so much rathe be working and having a life again. Of course,most of my hobbies were activities that involved traveling.

Has anyone applied for SSI who has adult scoliosis? (For those who don't know, scoliosis is a curvature of the spine). Lifting, sitting, pushing and pulling all cause my spine to move of its own volition. I have daily, constant back pain and headaches. The headaches can become so severe that I've had to use FMLA to keep my job.

Thanks for the information. I currently have sciatica in my left leg , pain in lower back , currently been off work for 6 months and not really scheduled to go back. Just had my second surgery, now fused l3 to s1. I am on std going g into Ltd Have numbness in right foot, weakness in both legs , slight numbness in left foot. My question to you should i just apply myself first or secure a lawyer to do it initially? From seeing all the denials at first application, then they get tbe lawyer involved then it gets approved. Please help me out. Thank you in advance.

What about a spinal cord stimulator

Hello do you have to have a surgeon or can you just a medical dr say your disabled what will work

Would a Neuro psychology report help with disability

5 bulging and one coming out the spine i have stenosis, probably arthritis which is another problem.i just applied for disability waiting for denial. Osteoporosis my hips are bad getting a new hip in april do you think i have a chance

Hi Johnathan I need your advice on my case maybe you can be my lawyer too

Thanks Attorney Ginsberg. Are you license to practice in the state of Virginia? If not, do you any attorneys you can refer me to for the stare of Virginia?

I have spinal stenosis, I have applied but waiting. I need help 😢

Mr. Ginsberg is the man‼️

What state do u work out of???

I'm 22 and I've been dealing with spinal stenosis, a herniated disc causing pain down my leg, went to orthopedic, physical therapy, and chiropractor with no improvement. I'm at 90% in application status, do I have a good chance they will approve it?

I got spinal stenosis severe and I have Aflac and Gordon and I went we went in front of a judge and he said that he can only find three three jobs and I used to drive a dino truck sitting down and I do sheetrock you know construction and I still got turned down I know how can I sit in the truck all day going and then do sheetrock there's no jobs but he said there's three jobs so I don't understand this world man I really don't I hurt all the time

Kissing spines and cervical ribs causing neurological dysfunction and atrophy in the hands? Have you heard of that? Thank you

If you're married and under the age of 50 and don't have any other issues, maybe they'll grant you 800 dollars a month at 100% after surgery.