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Overview
Break Down Barriers to Benefits
Sharpen your skills in navigating top impairments for SSDI claims. This focused course delves into musculoskeletal, heart and circulatory, mental health, and cancer claims. Master evidence gathering, functional impact assessment, comorbidities, and effective advocacy strategies. Get better equipped to secure benefits for your clients - register today!
- Hone your claim-supporting skills with lessons from past rulings.
- Explore impairment-specific medical and functional impact documentation to solidify your claims.
- Understand the nuances of specific heart and circulatory conditions and their unique functional limitations.
- Learn how to document cancer severity, side effects, and long-term limitations for optimal case building.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Proving Musculoskeletal Claims
- Heart and Circulatory Claims: Unique Considerations
- Mental Health Elements of SSDI Claims, Including Depression and Anxiety
- Cancer Claims
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
3 Total | 06-30-2026 |
| Arizona CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| California CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Colorado CLE |
|
4 Total | 12-31-2026 |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Delaware CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Florida CLE |
|
3.5 Total | 04-30-2026 |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Idaho CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2029 |
| Illinois CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-15-2026 |
| Maine CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-15-2026 |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Missouri CLE |
|
3.6 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Montana CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2027 |
| North Dakota CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2027 |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2027 |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Nevada CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2027 |
| New York CLE |
|
3.5 Total | 10-16-2027 |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
3.5 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Oregon CLE |
|
3 Total | |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Rhode Island CLE |
|
3.5 Total | |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-15-2026 |
| Vermont CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-16-2026 |
| Washington CLE |
|
3 Total | 10-15-2029 |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
3.5 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
3.6 Total | 10-16-2026 |
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Agenda
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Proving Musculoskeletal Claims
- Medical Evidence Essentials: X-Rays, MRIs, Functional Limitations
- Demonstrating Functional Impact
- Past Ergonomics and Reasonable Accommodations History
- Commonly Present Related Neurological Impairments
- Examining Similar Past Rulings
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Heart and Circulatory Claims: Unique Considerations
- Severity and Functional Limitations of Specific Conditions
- Holistic Evaluations: Respiratory Impairments, Fatigue, Cognitive Effects
- SSDI Ruling Examples: Studying Specific Precedents for Heart and Circulatory Claims
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Mental Health Elements of SSDI Claims, Including Depression and Anxiety
- Grid Rules and the Mental Listing
- Functional Impact on Work
- Low IQ Claims
- Treatment Adherence and Evidence of Rehabilitation Efforts
- Unique Challenges of Personality Disorder Claims
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Cancer Claims
- Proving Severity and Duration
- Medical Evidence Documentation
- Vocational Considerations
- Emotional Distress and Comorbidities
Who Should Attend
This in-depth legal guide is designed for attorneys. Other SSDI claim representatives and paralegals will also benefit.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Grayson Smith Cannon
is an attorney with Gullett, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, PLLC, where her main areas of practice are Social Security and probate. She has previously lectured on Social Security disability, probate, and family law matters for National Business Institute. Ms. Smith Cannon has also lectured on Social Security issues, wills and estates, and probate before the public and other attorneys. She is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, Lawyers Association for Women, and both the Tennessee and Nashville bar associations. Ms. Smith Cannon earned her B.A. degree from Rhodes College and her J.D. degree from Nashville School of Law.
Speaker bio
Anne C. Hartwig
is senior counsel with Hawks Quindel S.C., where she has extensive administrative law experience, public benefits (Medicaid and Medicare) experience and special education experience. She practices in the areas of colleges and universities, public schools, disability, domestic violence and neglect, ethics, mental health, and Social Security (disability, retirement, and survivors benefits). Ms. Hartwig was managing attorney at LAW, Inc., where she practiced family law and healthcare law. She was a visiting professor at Temple Law School in Philadelphia, and taught healthcare regulation, finance and bioethics. Ms. Hartwig has done extensive research and writing in the area of bioethics and aggression. She is a member of the Ethics Committee at Meriter Hospital in Madison, and the Progressive Community Services, Inc. Board. Ms. Hartwig earned her B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School, and her Ph.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Speaker bio
Maeve Pirt Meyer
is an attorney with Hawks Quindel, S.C., where she focuses her practice on Social Security disability law, probate law, guardianship law, trust administration, and special needs trusts. Ms. Pirt Meyer has a background in health insurance and science, and began her legal career by practicing personal injury law. She has previously presented on the intersection of probate and personal injury law. Ms. Pirt Meyer is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, State Bar of Wisconsin, and the Dane County Bar Association. She earned her B.S. degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School.
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