When an injury occurs to spinal cord is occurs, cord is not typically cut but thin fibrous extensions of nerve cells surrounded by vertebrae are crushed and damaged. Pathways of nerve cells, called axons, in cord are disrupted once an injury to cord occurs and a person loses sensation and control over critical body functions.

Quadriplegia (also called Tetraplegia) is a person with a spinal cord injury near top of spine (between C1 to T1). It refers to loss of sensation and mobility in both upper and lower body. Spastic quadriplegia arises when all four limbs are affected with increased tone, decreased movements and brisk reflexes. It often is associated with mental retardation, visual problems and hearing impairment. Either this is result of illness or intentional wrong, or negligent act by some other liable person that inflicted spinal cord injury.

Initially, after filing for disability insurance claims, they believe for a while that everything will go smoothly for them. Alas, when they first applied for Social Security Disability Benefits, very few claimants were ever told how long process of eventually securing their claims might take. That’s because of an unfortunate fact, that 60-70% of claims for disability are denied at initial level. During reconsideration level, even more are denied, up to 80-85%. Because of this, processing for social security disability benefits may take up to 2 ½ years.