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.
But as Dow's case shows, it can happen throughout the body. When it does, it's called peripheral arterial disease, or PAD. And in some people, PAD causes leg pain that acts as an 'early warning' that someone is at high risk for a heart attack or a stroke, says a University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center expert. Leg pain could be a sign of possible peripheral arterial disease.