GetMeDisability.com's website describes Karen Howell, ARNP, MSN, ESQ. as different from other Social Security Disability attorneys because she practices medicine every day and understands medical diagnoses, allowing her to put together a legal case and action plan to obtain full Social Security or Disability benefits. The Port Charlotte, Florida practice serves clients in Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, Naples, Arcadia, North Port, Punta Gorda, Estero, and Lehigh Acres. The site emphasizes that effectively communicating a medical condition to the Social Security Administration is critical to winning a disability claim. Examples of disabling conditions explicitly listed include Lupus, Diabetes mellitus, Rheumatoid arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Chronic Lyme disease, Chronic pain syndrome, COPD/Emphysema, Interstitial Lung Disease, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and Scleroderma.