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LUTHENS LAW OFFICES
Des Moines Office
West Towers Building , Suite 206-24
1200 Valley West Drive
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
 
Colfax Office
Luthens Law Building
Eight West Howard Street
Colfax, Iowa 50054
 
Telephone: (866) 579-3816
Email: info@luthenslaw.com
 
The workers compensation & personal injury claims and settlement attorneys  at the Luthens Law Offices, P.C. are dedicated  to serve their clients in central Iowa,  including the cities of West Des Moines, Colfax, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Fort  Dodge, Ames, Cedar Rapids, Iowa  City, Davenport, Dubuque, Waterloo  and Burlington , and the communities  that make up Woodbury,  Pottawattamie, Polk, Webster, Story,  Linn, Johnson, Scott, Dubuque, Black  Hawk, and Des Moines counties.








 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Q: If I am collecting worker's compensation benefits, may I also receive Social Security Disability Benefits?
Q: How may a lawyer help me in the appeals process?
Q: Does my disability have to be permanent to receive Social Security Disability Benefits?
Q: What is the federal definition for "disability" required to receive Social Security Disability Benefits?
Q: How much does Social Security benefits pay?
Q: May benefits decisions be appealed?
Q: When should I file for benefits?
Q: When should benefits start?
Q: What information is needed to file for disability benefits?
Q: Could a mental illness qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits?
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Q: Could a mental illness qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits?

A: Yes. Mental impairment that causes the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity included as a disability under the Social Security Act.

The Social Security Administration website answers 44 Frequently Asked Questions, including some of the ones listed above. To see all of their questions and answers, please click here. Please remember that each Social Security Disability case is unique in its own way. Many times it is difficult to find instant answers. Social Security field office personnel may assist you in what they are familiar with. Experienced Social Security Benefit attorneys are familiar with all steps in the process of filing and appealing cases, providing you with helpful information and assisting your work through each step.

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Johnston, Iowa Attorney practicing in Iowa primarily in Workers' Compensation & Personal Injury. Lawyers at Luthens Law Office, P.C. are dedicated to serve their clients in Iowa, including the cities of West Des Moines, Colfax, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Ames, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Davenport, Dubuque, Waterloo, Adel, Marshalltown, Pella, Decorah, Knoxville, Eldora, Johnston, Ankeny, and Burlington , and the communities that make up Woodbury, Pottawattamie, Polk, Webster, Story, Linn, Johnson, Scott, Dubuque, Black Hawk, Dallas, Marshall, Marion, Winneshiek, Madison, Hardin and Des Moines counties.
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