Causes. Leg length discrepancies can be caused by poor alignment of the pelvis or simply because one leg is structurally longer than the other. Regardless of the reason, your body wants to be symmetrical and will do its best to compensate for the length difference.
Date of Onset. When the Social Security Administration (SSA) refers to a disability applicant's Date of Onset, they are referring to the date that a Social Security Disability applicant became disabled. When you fill out your Social Security Disability claim forms, you will be asked to provide the date your disability began.
another type of back payment that may be available to individuals who are receiving ssdi benefits are retroactive benefits retroactive benefits are paid for the months between when you became disabled your disability onset date and when you applied for social security disability benefitspplication date retroactive benefits generally may not be collected for more than 12 months if you add this year of retroactive benefits to the five month wait period the farthest back that social security will recognize a disability onset date is 17 months before the application date 12 5 17