As Table 1 shows, Disability Insurance benefits typically replace less than half of a disabled workerâs previous earnings. As of March 2013, the average monthly benefit for a disabled worker was about $1,129, with male workers receiving $1,255 per month and female workers receiving $993 per month on average.
The doctor will either give you his diagnosis or refer you to another specialist. If the diagnosis is diabetic neuropathy, then the next thing to do is to treat the diabetes. If you are overweight or obese, youâll have to lose the excess weight since this adds to the feeling of burning in the legs.
In some people, leg and foot (and sometimes arm and hand) pain can be the result of neuropathy, a disorder of the peripheral motor, sensory and autonomic nerves that connect the spinal cord to our muscles, skin and internal organs. Neuropathy can cause numbness, tingling and a heavy sensation. âIt usually starts in the feet and may cause a burning sensation in the legs,â Fesperman says. In some cases, people may lose their ability to feel sensation in their legs, which can put them at risk for injury and infection.