Symptoms include hand paresthesia, numbness, and pain in the median nerve distribution of the hand. Conservative treatment options, in addition to carpal tunnel steroid injection, include rest, splinting, oral steroids, ultrasound, yoga, physical therapy, and ergonomic modification.
Social Security disability benefits can be taxed under certain situations, but in most cases, the actual amount of taxes due is minimal. Recipients can even have those taxes automatically withheld from their benefits if they decide that is the easiest method.
If your Social Security disability benefits were offset because of your workers' comp payment(s), the amount by which your Social Security payment was lowered is actually taxable income, even though you're still receiving the money as workers' compensation money (because you might have received the money as Social Security, and Social Security benefits are subject to taxation).