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Utah Social Security Disability and SSI Benefits Lawyer
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In the last few months I have won Social Security Disability and/or SSI benefits for the following clients:

January 2012

  • A 36 year old former cafeteria worker, telephone customer servicer, and production laborer who could no longer work because of degenerative disc disease, obesity, diabetes, right foot pain, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, dysthymia, depression and cognitive disorders.
  • A 38 year old former electrician who could no longer work because of depression, anxiety, epilepsy, and stroke.   
  • A 48 year old former production worker who could no longer work because of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, panic disorder with agoraphobia, and anxiety.
  • A 21 year old former certified nurse assistant, phlebotomist, and paralegal who could no longer work because of chronic abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, hiatal hernia, kidney stones, and biliary dyskinesia.
  • A 35 year old former production line worker and manual telephone surveyor who could no longer work because of degenerative disc disease, agoraphobia, anxiety, and depression.
  • A 36 year old former cashier and telemarketer that could no longer work because of microcytic anemia, hypothyroidism, depression, anxiety, and chronic migraine headaches.
  • A 40 year old former registered nurse who could  no longer work because of schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder.
  • A 38 year old former hospital housekeeper who could no longer work because of hip disorder and mental retardation.
  • A 35 year old former production line worker and telephone surveyor who could no longer work because of herniated and degenerated discs, migraine headaches, agoraphobia, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and obesity.

December 2011

  • A 39 year old former truss designer, pizza and auto parts deliverer, bar maid, and waitress who could no longer work because of bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, personality disorder, depression, and hepatitis.
  • A 43 year old former business owner who could no longer work because of quadriplegia, muscle spasticity, joint contracture, and urinary incontinence.
  • A 28 year old former construction laborer and luthier (guitar maker) who could no longer work because of chronic migraine headaches, degenerative disc disease, and insomnia.
  • A 57 year old former heavy mining laborer who could no longer work because of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 
  • A 37 year old former surgical technician and van driver who could no longer work because of anxiety and depression.

November 2011

  • A 55 year old former pharmacy technician who could no longer work because of chronic pancreatitis, hiatal hernia, stomach ulcers, and renal failure.
  • A 27 year old former carpenter who could not longer work because of a traumatic brain injury causing ADHD, mood disorders and cognitive disorders.
  • A 40 year old former painter who could no longer work because of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, herniated and bulged discs.
  • A 53 year old former electronic technician that could no longer work because of cauda equina syndrome causing neurogenic bowel and bladder dysfunction, chronic pain and walking difficulties.

October 2011

  • A 32 year old former plumber who could no longer work because of bipolar I disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, obsessive/compulsive disorder (OCD), post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic abdominal pain with chronic vomiting and diarrhea, syringomyelia, spinal cord syrinx, smorl's nodes, fibromuscular displasia, erosive esophagitis, villous atrophy and edema in the distal ileum, and neutrophilia.
  • A 39 year old former concrete construction worker and truck driver who could no longer work because of lumbar spine disorders and attention deficit disorder (ADD).
  • A 47 year old former psych tech/mentor, cashier, secretary, and receptionist who could no longer work because of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive/compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and torn rotator cuff.
  • A 56 year old former paralegal who could no longer work because of fibromyalgia, chronic migraine headaches, arthritis, and irritable bowel syndrome.
  • A 57 year old former direct care provider to the disabled who could no longer work because of bulging and desiccated discs, chronic migraine headaches, traumatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease, facet arthropathy, pulmonary embolism, vertebral compression fractures, anxiety and depression.

September 2011

  • A 33 year old former truck driver, carpenter, production worker, countertop installer, and packager who could no longer work because of degenerative disc disease and herniated discs, facet osteoarthritis, and anxiety
  • A 39 year old former legal assistant, office manager, telephone customer servicer, secretary and clerk who could no longer work because of mood disorder, anxiety, and personality disorder.
  • A 48 year old former stone setter who could no longer work because of degenerative disc and joint disease, pelvic fusion, depression, anxiety, personality disorder, panic disorder with agoraphobia, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  • A 51 year old former cashier, stocker, telephone customer servicer, cook, dishwasher, packager, scheduler and parts clerk who could no longer work because of a weakened immune system causing frequent illnesses, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastroenteritis, anxiety, depression, blindness in one eye, dyslexia, chronic migraine headaches, asthma, high blood pressure, type II diabetes causing peripheral neuropathy, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
  • A 54 year old former licensed practical nurse (LPN), paramed life insurance examiner, and physician substitute who could no longer work because of chronic lower extremity edema, type II diabetes causing diabetic neuropathy, lymphedema, chronic venous insufficiency, obesity, and anxiety with panic attacks.

August 2011

  • A 35 year old former gas line installer, fast food manager, electronic repair manager, cable TV technician, and department store manager who could no longer work because of failed back fusion surgery, foraminal stenosis, osteophytes, spondylolisthesis, anterolisthesis, degenerative disc disease, spondylosis, facet arthropathy, facet joint arthritis, and urinary incontinence.
  • A 41 year old former motel housekeeper, waitress, cashier and packager that could no longer work because of failed back fusion surgery, herniated/ruptured discs, degenerative disc disease, foraminal stenosis, fibrosis, spondylolistheses, panic disorder with agoraphobia, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia with psychotic hallucinations, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and anxiety disorder.
  • A 47 year old former accounting office manager who could no longer work because of multiple sclerosis (MS) and kidney failure.
  • A 43 year old former school teacher and administrator who could no longer work because of Addison's Disease (adrenal insufficiency), Schmidt's Disease (hypothyroidism and cortical adrenal insufficiency), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), chronic migraine headaches, gastroesophogeal reflux disease (GERD), biliary dyskinesia, major depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), borderline personality disorder, dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), and hypokalemia.
  • A 46 year old former registered nurse who could no longer work because of peripheral neuropathy, polycythemia vera, erythromyalgia syndrome, bulging discs, degenerative disc disease, hypogonadism, fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, hemochromatosis, polysythemia, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression.
  • A 44 year old former freelance news journalist, landscape maintenance laborer, restaurant assistant manager, news reporter, bartender, campground laborer, mortgage company manager and loan officer who could no longer work because of major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, panic disorder, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), panic attacks, and agoraphobia.
  • A 31 year old former collection agency account manager, yacht repairer, cashier, elder and disabled children care giver who could no longer work because of fibromyalgia, anxiety, migraine headaches, chronic back pain, panic disorder, agoraphobia, major depression, personality disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and neurasthenia.
  • A 37 year old former building inspector, construction laborer and manager, customer service representative, delivery truck driver, housing manager, lab technician, marketing manager, gas station attendant, and retail yard manager who could no longer work because of failed back fusion surgery, annulus fibrosis, and degenerative disc disease.
  • A 51 year old former journeyman electrician who could no longer work because of failed back surgery, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), major depression, degenerative disc and joint disease, chronic lumbago and sciatica, generalized anxiety disorder, and insomnia.
  • A 37 year old former surgical tech and van driver who could no longer work because of severe mental illness.

July 2011

  • A 46 year old former receptionist, cashier, production worker, concierge, and teacher who could no longer work because of chronic migraine headaches, spondylosis and scoliosis in her cervical (neck) and lumbar (low back) spine, osteoarthritis, AC joint degeneration, and rotator cuff tear in her shoulder.
  • A 48 year old former business consultant, administrative vice president, volunteer coordinator, community college instructor, and public relations director who could no longer work because of refractory complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), systemic lupus, sacroiliitis, lumbar spondylolisthesis, facet arthropathy, and myofacial pain syndrome.
  • A 23 year old former graphic designer who could no longer work because of essential tremors, bi-polar disorder, and borderline personality disorder.
  • A 50 year old former truck driver who could no longer work because of mental, physical, and visual impairments resulting from a stroke.
  • A 47 year old former computer software developer and tester, logo maker, and technical writer who could no longer work because of bi-polar disorder with psychotic features and delusions.
  • A 40 year old former bookkeeper who could no longer work because of arterial venous malformation causing residual headaches, mood disorder, and anxiety disorder.
  • A 54 year old former auto lube technician, temporary laborer, production laborer, and carpenter laborer who could no longer work because of low back fusion surgery causing sciatica and nerve pain and anxiety.

June 2011

  • A 33 year old diesel mechanic, dishwasher, cook, mail sorter, and tow truck driver who could no longer work because of depression, anxiety with panic attacks and agoraphobia, ADHD, and personality disorder.
  • A 58 year old former truck driver who could no longer work because of diabetes.
  • A 61 year old former convenience store manager and pharmacy director who could no longer work because of chronic renal (kidney) failure, hypertension (high blood pressure), and fatigue.
  • A 39 year old former dental lab technician, computer technician, and customer service representative who could no longer work because of herniated discs in his low back and neck, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease, facet arthritis, right leg nerve injuries, myofascial pain, muscle spasms, dysthesias, hypothesias, right leg allodynia, chronic headaches, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, depression, daytime somnolence (drowsiness), memory problems, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypoganoidism.
  • A 61 year old former car lot owner who could no longer work because of residual symptoms of a stroke.
  • A 54 year old former pharmacy technician who could no longer work because of chronic pancreatitis, degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease.
  • A 27 year old former book sales person who could no longer work because of herniated discs in his low back and degenerative disc disease.

May 2011

  • A 55 year old former construction laborer and youth camp counselor who could no longer work because of low back problems, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and obesity.
  • A 54 year old former hospital health care quality inspector, accounts receivable clerk, and receptionist who could no longer work because of degenerative joint and disc disease, scoliosis, osteoarthritis, depression and anxiety.
  • A 28 year old former steel fabrication shop superintendent who could no longer work because of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, depression and anxiety.
  • A 37 year old former construction laborer who could no longer work because of epileptic seizures.

April 2011

  • A 48 year old former siding and gutter installer that could no longer work because of chronic headaches caused by a stoke and head injury.
  • An 18 year old young lady that had never been able to work consistently because of bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and learning disorder.
  • A 53 year old former grocery store stocker that could no longer work because of congestive heart failure.
  • A 53 year old former receiving clerk and marketing manager who could no longer work because of major depression, anxiety, and personality disorders.
  • A 60 year old former steel mill laborer, certified nurse's assistant, waitress, and housecleaner who could no longer work because of post traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and bi-polar disorder.
  • A 59 year old former manual laborer and accounts receivable clerk who could no longer work because of chronic anemia, fatigue, and weight loss caused by stomach bypass surgery, osteoarthritis, and peripheral neuropathy.
  • A 45 year old former agricultural crop advisor and pest consultant who could no longer work because of lumbar degenerative disc disease, morbid obesity and sleep apnea.
  • A 31 year old former delivery truck driver, shipping and receiving clerk, production worker and retail salesperson who could no longer work because of fibromyalgia and atrial fibrillations.
  • A 47 year old former grocery store customer service representative, cashier, waitress, and certified nurse's assistant who could not longer work because of Crohn's Disease, spinal compression fractures, and depression.

March 2011

  • A 61 year old wrecking yard owner who could no longer work because of emphysema and asthma.
  • A 38 year old former shipping/receiving clerk and front end loader operator who could no longer work because of neck pain after fusion surgery, chronic migraine headaches, short term memory loss, and anxiety causing chronic shortness of breath with exertion.
  • A 49 year old former laborer in various temporary jobs who could no longer work because of major depression, anxiety with panic attacks, personality disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
  • A 44 year old former welder's helper who could no longer work because of degenerative disc disease and multiple fusion surgeries in his neck and low back.
  • A 45 year old former landscape designer and sprinkler supplier, telephone salesman and customer supporter, packager and shipper who could no longer work because of osteoarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, type II diabetes, splenic vein thrombosis, and depression.
  • A 39 year old former cashier/stocker who could no longer work because of bipolar II disorder, anxiety, panic disorder with agoraphobia, attention deficit disorder, (ADD) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (ADHD)  cyclothemic disorder, personality disorder, and obesity.
  • A 51 year old former landscape and drywall laborer who could no longer work because of heart problems.
February 2011
  • A 59 year old former 1st grade teacher that could no longer work because of colonic hypo/hypermotility (chronic constipation/diarrhea.)
  • A 26 year old Korean refugee that has never been able to work because of low IQ, bipolar disorder, and personality disorders.
  • A 60 year old former sod farmer and welder that could no longer work because of a herniated disc in his back.
  • A 56 year old former licensed practical nurse and data entry clerk that could no longer work because of major depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, obesity, back problems, type II diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, and unhealed right foot fracture.
  • A 35 year old former nurse who could no longer work because of multiple immune deficiency disorders.
January 2011
  • A 54 year old former newpaper laborer and assisted living helper that couldn't work any more because of diabetic neuropathy, back disorder, and depression.
  • A 60 year old former software tester, heating plant and boiler operator who couldn't work any more because of back surgeries, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, stenosis, and anxiety.
  • A 43 year old former air freight clerk, trade show host, towing company office manager, transportation company manager, and IT director who couldn't work any more because of bipolar disorder, personality disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD.)
  • A 52 year old former scientific equipment designer and builder who couldn't work any more because of chronic stomach pain, osteoarthritis, depression and anxiety.
  • A 61 year old former registered nurse who could no longer work because of herniated discs in her neck, low back, and degenerative elbow.
  • A 45 year old former administrative assistant, cashier, and geneologist who could not longer work because of variant mitochondrial and genetic periodic syndrome.
December 2010
  • A 43 year old former sales clerk who couldn't work any more because of degenerative disc disease, depression and anxiety.
  • A 44 year old former sous chef who couldn't work any more because of severe degenerative disc disease in his low back.
  • A 35 year old former auto licensing clerk and purchasing agent who couldn't work any more because of thoracic spine fractures and fusion surgery, degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, stenosis, memory loss, migraine headaches, and scoliosis.
  • A 49 year old former dispatcher and veterinarian assistant who couldn't work any more because of degenerative disc disease, foot pain, and fibromyalgia.
  • A 27 year old former warehouse manager, truck driver, psyche tech, and store manager who couldn't work any more because of bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and neurogenic cardiac syncope.
  • A 58 year old former secretary, customer service rep, cashier and purchasing agent who couldn't work any more because of degenerative disc disease, migraine headaches, and asthma.
Let Me Help You with Your Social Security Disability Benefits:
When you call my law office, you will speak with me — E. Craig McAllister — not a secretary, paralegal or a junior lawyer. I work closely with my clients to give them the help and support they deserve with the Social Security Disability and SSI benefits they need. Let me help you. Contact my Orem law office toll-free at (866) 520-0222.