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What is A Work Comp Work Differential?

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If you are injured at work and you cannot go back to your old job, you may be entitled to a wage differential.

A wage differential is the difference between the pay of the old job and the new job times 66 percent over your life time.

You must prove:

*your limitations are related to your work injury

*your restrictions are permanent

*your limitations restrict you to a lower paying job

Most of these cases center on the validity of the restrictions and whether they truly keep you from earning the same amount as before the work injury.

Questions about wage differentials or your Work Comp settlement? Feel free to call Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

Children’s Social Security Disability Cases

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Children’s Social Security Disability Cases are also called Children’s SSI cases.

If your family makes to much money, the child’s case can be denied even if they qualify medically.

Children usually do not work, of course, so Social Security looks at ability to function in a different way than it does adults.

Social Security examines 3 areas of physical limitations and 3 areas of emotional or mental functioning.

Social Security compares the child’s ability to function to his or her peers. However, just because a child is in Special Education does not mean they are disabled according to Social Security.

You must show severe limitations in performing school work or functioning socially, or severe limitations in physical health or taking care of oneself.

If medications help control the child’s condition, then the child is not necessarily disabled.

The child will need consistent medical care to prove a SSI case. This can be from a medical doctor, counselor, or a psychiatrist or a psychologist.

Questions about Children’s SSI? Feel free to contact Illinois Social Security Disability Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.