The intersection between Social Security disability and workers’ compensation and the American work ethic may not be apparent until one practices in the field.
Working with clients on a weekly, if not daily, basis has led me to two conclusions: One, to some degree, a good work ethic is helpful to a Social Security disability case. Two, to some degree, it is detrimental to a Social Security disability case. This is the paradox. Though I do not practice workers’ compensation, the attitude of a client would be the same in either area of law and the observations made in this article can be extrapolated for workers’ compensation as well.
