Minnesota RSD Diagnosis | CRPS Diagnosis


RSD CRPS Diagnosis

RSD Injury Minnesota

RSD diagnosis (also referred to as CRPS diagnosis) is primarily based on documentation of your symptoms. RSD cannot be diagnosed through a single test. You will make your strongest case for SSA benefits if your RSD diagnosis – CRPS diagnosis includes objective testing (for example thermography) along with good clinical documentation of your history of symptoms caused by an RSD injury. Since Social Security does not have a specific impairment listing for RSD it is especially important to have good documentation of your symptoms from a doctor who understands the criteria for RSD diagnosis / CRPS diagnosis.

How is RSD/CRPS diagnosed?

The most widely accepted diagnostic criteria of RSD / CRPS is based on the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). It is important for your RSD disability benefits case to seek treatment from a doctor that understands these diagnostic criteria so you will have the strongest medical documentation to present to social security. Part of the RSD diagnosis process is the elimination of other conditions through clinical testing and your medical history.

RSD Diagnosis (CRPS Type I)

• Develops after an initiating noxious event

• Spontaneous pain and/or allodynia/hyperalgesia occurs, is disproportionate to the inciting event in severity, duration and distribution and is beyond the territory of a single peripheral nerve.

• There is or has been evidence of edema, skin blood flow abnormality (i.e. temperature and/or color change), or abnormal sudomotor (sweat gland) activity in the region of the pain since the inciting event.

• The diagnosis is excluded by the existence of conditions that would otherwise account for the degree of pain and dysfunction.

CRPS Diagnosis Causalgia (CRPS II)

• Develops after a nerve injury

• Spontaneous pain and/or allodynia/hyperalgesia occurs, is disproportionate to the inciting event in severity and duration, and is not necessarily limited to the territory of the injured nerve. There is or has been evidence of edema, skin blood flow abnormality, or abnormal sudomotor (sweat gland) activity in the region of the pain since the inciting event.

• This diagnosis is excluded by the existence of conditions that would otherwise account for the degree of pain and dysfunction.

Fields Law RSD injury attorneys will assist you in getting the correct RSD diagnosis and documentation for your disability. If you are unable to work because of chronic pain associated with reflex sympathy disorder we can help you apply for social security benefits. If you have been denied disability benefits we can appeal your case.

We offer a Free case review. Our Minnesota RSD lawyers understand how frustrating it is to suffer from RSD / CRPS and be denied disability benefits when you are unable to work. There are never any fees unless we win your disability case.

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