Disability Insurance & Heart Disease | Newark Lawyer

New Jersey Heart Attack & Stroke Disability Attorneys

The Numbers Are Staggering

Every year approximately 785,000 Americans suffer a first heart attack and another 470,000 suffer another heart attack after their first, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The same federal agency estimates that 12.9 million Americans have symptoms of heart disease, with 4.7 million living with disability due to stroke and 4.9 million suffering from heart failure. Due to aging baby boomers, survivors of heart attacks are predicted to increase significantly between 2010 and 2030. Who can you turn to if you are disabled due to a heart attack or stroke?

An attorney at Abromson & Carey understands that it is not easy to qualify for Social Security Disability or get an ERISA or private disability insurance claim approved. We have been dealing with disability insurance & heart disease issues for 27 years, and know what they look for and how to apply and appeal. When you consult with a lawyer at Abromson & Carey, you gain a skilled advocate who will take care of your disability insurance & heart disease case.

Proving Your Claim

Our goal is to help you find the compensation you deserve if you cannot work due to a disability. When we meet for the first time at a free initial consultation, we will discuss your current health care coverage, symptoms and complications. Then the attorney will outline a strategy for potential compensation. No matter which types of disability insurance claims you pursue, we first consider the medical evidence.

Heart Attack

Many who have suffered a myocardial infarction or heart attack are able to resume normal activities, thanks to the implantation of a stent, or a heart bypass operation and health-status monitoring. Others are not so lucky.

In those cases, we recommend clients have a stress test, which measures heart capacity. The injection fraction or fraction pumped out of the ventricles each time your heart beats is an important consideration for disability. In a normal heart, the number is 65 percent. Anything less than 50 percent is considered abnormal.

In order to qualify for Social Security Disability, you must have a diagnostic test such as an angiogram, echocardiogram or cardiac catheterization to assess blockage and test how well the heart is functioning. Many heart attack patients suffer from depression, so we include medical evidence that supports treatment for that as well.

Stroke

Clients who have suffered strokes or cardiovascular accidents must prove that they have difficulty communicating due to brain injury or have lost motor function in order to claim disability. Because there are no tests to assess stroke damage, stroke disability claims are not decided for at least three months after the event, so that the severity of the damage can be accurately assessed.

Contact Us

If you cannot work due to complications from heart disease or stroke, you deserve the support of an accomplished disability lawyer at Abromson & Carey. Contact us today to schedule a free initial consultation in our Newark, New Jersey, law offices about your disability insurance & heart disease concerns.