Social Security Disability Benefits Granted For Mold Toxicity (Mycotoxicosis)

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Social Security Disability Benefits Granted For Mold Toxicity (Mycotoxicosis)
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Posted Originally By Sharon Kramker at Toxlaw.com, sent to me by Peggy
Troiano co-founder of the MCS Beacon of Hope Foundation/ Toxic Injury.
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Harris Martin Publishing

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Date: 7 October 2009
Social Security Judge Awards Benefits for Mold-Related
Disability...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A Social Security Administration judge has
granted a claimant’s request for disability benefits for
mold-related injuries, accepting medical testimony linking
physical and cognitive impairments to mold exposure. In the
Case of Kristina M. Townsend, No. Unavailable (SSA Off. of
Disability Adj. and Rev.)....

Townsend maintains that she suffers from debilitating
injuries from exposure to mold at a contaminated residence
provided by her employer while she was temporarily assigned
as a retail sales manager to the U.S. Virgin Islands in
2007.

Since that exposure, Townsend has sought treatment for
fatigue, memory loss, hypersensitivity to chemicals and
other symptoms, and claimed that she was unable to work....

Michael R. Gray, M.D., who first treated Townsend in 2007,
testified that she suffers from mixed mold mycotoxicosis
with features of encephalopathy and immune toxicity,” Judge
Dostal said in his ruling....

The judge credited a neurobehavioral assessment by B.
Robert Crago, Ph.D., who found “symptoms of depression and
anxiety secondary to health problems,” as well as
unspecified cognitive disorder.

“The claimant’s disability is supported by medical signs
and findings,” Judge Dostal wrote. “The record establishes
the claimant’s exposure to mold while working and living in
the U.S. Virgin Islands in February 2007. A mycotoxin
report from May 2007 showed 2.56 ppb of trichothecenes. In
June 2007, the claimant was found to have hyperreactivity
to fungi and had been colonized. Symptoms included
excessive fatigue and cognitive deficits.”....

Meghan M. Miller of Tucson represented Townsend in her
Social Security Administration claim....

Documents Are Available
Call (800) 496-4319 or
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SSA Decision Ref# MOL-0910-04
Virgin Islands Complaint Ref# MOL-0910-05