Social Security Disability & the Cannon Disability Legal Team

Social Security Disability benefits are available to you if you cannot work for at least one year. Do you have a severe physical or mental condition that keeps you from working? Are you wondering how to apply for SSDI or SSI benefits? Did the SSA deny your claim? What are your chances of winning Social Security benefits?

Don’t worry. If you have questions like these, then we can answer them.

You can contact our Social Security attorneys for free. Also, you can hire our firm without paying any upfront attorney fees. You only pay if we win your case. Therefore, you will only pay an attorney fee if we win your SSDI and SSI benefits. Likewise, if we do not win your benefits, then you will owe no attorney fee. Learn about attorney fees in SSD cases.

At Cannon Disability Law, our Salt Lake City Social Security lawyers have won over 20,000 SSD cases. Also, in 30 years we have won over $100 million in ongoing and past due SSD benefits for our clients. You are three times more likely to win benefits if you hire an attorney. However, that only applies if you hire an attorney with many years of legal experience.

If you have a severe medical condition that keeps you from working, then we can help you win SSDI and SSI benefits. Helping people win Social Security disability benefits is the only kind of law we practice.

WIN SSD BENEFITS FOR YOUR PHYSICAL CONDITIONS

Below are some of the main physical conditions for which the SSA will pay benefits:

• • • Addison’s disease
    • Alzheimer’s disease
    • Amputation
    • Amyloidosis
    • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – ALS or Lou Gehrigs Disease
    • Anal Cancer
    • Ankylosing Spondylitis
    • Arthritis
    • Asthma
    • Avascular Necrosis
    • Back Impairments and Spinal Injuries
    • Benign Brain Tumors
    • Black Lung Disease
    • Bladder Cancer
    • Blindness and Visual Loss
    • Bone Fractures – that does not heal after 12 months
    • Bone Marrow Transplant
    • Brain Cancer
    • Breast Cancer
    • Bronchiectasis
    • Burn Injuries
    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
    • Chronic Kidney Disease
    • Chronic Liver Disease
    • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
    • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
    • Congenital Heart Disease
    • COVID
    • Crohn’s Disease and Gastrointestinal Disorders
    • Cystic Fibrosis
    • Deafness and Hearing Loss
    • Diabetes
    • DiGeorge Syndrome
    • Down syndrome
    • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
    • Endocrine Disorders
    • Endometriosis
    • Epilepsy and Seizures
    • Esophageal Cancer
    • Ewing Sarcoma
    • Female Genital Tract Cancers (Ovarian, Endometrium, Uterine)
    • Fibromyalgia
    • Friedreich’s Ataxia
    • Glioblastoma
    • Frontotemporal Dementia
    • Hashimoto’s disease
    • Heart Attack and Coronary Artery Disease
    • Hemophilia
    • Hepatitis
    • Herniated and Bulging Discs
    • Hip Replacement
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
    • Huntington’s Disease
    • Knee Replacement
    • Kidney Disease
    • Kidney or Renal Cancer
    • Leukemia
    • Liver Cancer
    • Lung Cancer
    • Lung Transplant
    • Lupus
    • Malignant Melanoma
    • Marfan syndrome
    • Meniere’s Disease
    • Migraines and Headache Disorders
    • Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
    • Multiple Myeloma
    • Multiple Sclerosis
    • Muscular Dystrophy
    • Myasthenia Gravis

MORE MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT QUALIFY FOR SSD BENEFITS – N-Z 

• • • • Narcolepsy
      • Neck Pain and Injury
      • Neurological Conditions
      • Obesity
      • Osteoarthritis
      • Osteoporosis
      • Pancreatic Cancer
      • Parkinson’s Diseas
      • PCD (Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration)
      • Peripheral Neuropathy
      • Peripheral Artery Diseas
      • Pick’s Disease
      • Pleural Cancer
      • Polychondritis
      • Post-Polio Syndrome
      • Prostate Cancer
      • Psoriatic Arthritis
      • Pulmonary Embolism
      • Recurrent Arrhythmias
      • Rheumatoid Arthritis
      • Sarcoidosis
      • Scheuermann’s disease
      • Scleroderma
      • Scoliosis
      • Short Bowel Syndrome
      • Shoulder Pain and Injury
      • Sickle Cell Disorders
      • Sjogren’s Syndrome
      • Sleep Apnea
      • Small Intestine Cancer
      • Soft Tissue Cancer of the Head or Neck
      • Soft Tissue Injuries
      • Soft Tissue Sarcoma
      • Spinal Arachnoiditis
      • Spinal Cord Injury
      • Spinal Stenosis
      • Stomach Cancer
      • Stroke
      • Syringomyelia
      • Systemic Vasculitis
      • Testicular Cancer
      • Thyroid Cancer
      • Traumatic Brain Injury
      • Trisomy 9
      • Turner syndrome
      • Ulcerative Colitis
      • Varicose Veins & Deep Vein Thrombosis

WIN SSDI & SSI BENEFITS FOR MENTAL CONDITIONS

Our law firm can also help you win SSDI or SSI benefits for a mental illness. However, your mental condition must prevent you from working for more than one year. You may have one mental illness or a combination of conditions. Either way, we can help you. Learn why you should hire a mental health SSD attorney to help you with your case. Social Security Disability benefits are available for many mental health conditions including:

OUR LAW FIRM CAN REPRESENT YOU WHERE YOU LIVE

Our SSDI attorneys want to help you win your benefits. We represent clients throughout the Western United States. We have offices in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also, we have an office location in Las Vegas, Nevada. We have clients in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and California. Learn about Utah SSD information. Also, we have Nevada benefits information and Idaho SSDI benefit information. Discover which cities we serve.

The majority of Social Security claims are denied within three months of filing the application. Most people don’t understand why the SSA denies their claim. However, the SSA denies over 80% of applications. After denial, most people realize they need to hire an attorney to win their SSDI benefits.

Even though our office is in Salt Lake City, Utah,we will travel to the city where you live. We will travel to represent you whether you live in Las Vegas, Nevada or San Francisco, California. Find out about Nevada SSDI benefits. Learn about California SSDI benefits. We also have clients in Boise, Idaho and Denver. Also, you can learn information about Colorado SSDI benefits.

When we travel, it is at no cost to you. If we don’t win your SSDI and SSI benefits, then you don’t owe an attorney fee. We can help you. Even if you don’t have any money to hire a lawyer. Therefore, you can put our legal experience to work for you now. Learn about our law firm’s Social Security attorneys.

LEGAL EXPERIENCE WINS SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS

Winning SSDI and SSI benefits is not easy.  It is also not a fast process. But, we have the legal experience you need to win your benefits.  When you hire our legal team, our attorneys are with you every step of the way. Everyone needs a team of experts on their side. Your team includes your family, your doctors, and us.

We will be there to guide you through what can be a lengthy, difficult review process. Additionally, we will help you complete SSA’s application. We will also help you complete the SSA’s forms.

We can also submit your forms to the Social Security office in Salt Lake City. Likewise, we can submit medical information for you to any Social Security office. We deal with SSA offices in Utah, Nevada, California, Idaho, and Colorado. Find out about Colorado SSDI benefits.

We support you throughout the long wait to appear before a judge. Review tips to on surviving the long wait for benefits. If you hire us to help you in your court case before the SSA’s  judge, then you will be ready. You will have the best attorney with you in court. Learn what questions the judge will ask at your Social Security hearing.

OUR SALT LAKE CITY SOCIAL SECURITY ATTORNEYS ARE ON YOUR TEAM 

Because we are on this journey with you, our Salt Lake City Social Security attorneys help you file your initial application with the Social Security Administration. We also help you appeal your case. And, we will do so at each step of SSA’s review process. This includes filing a request for a hearing with an SSA judge.

Also, as part of your team, we help you collect the medical records you need in order to prove you deserve benefits. We also work with you and your doctors to build a winning case. Because, it is our goal to prove you deserve benefits.

As Social Security legal experts, our Salt Lake City SSD firm has been in business for 30 years. This gives us years of legal experience winning SSD and SSI cases. We know Social Security law.

Therefore, when you hire us, you know you are getting the best SSD and SSI lawyer. Not only do we win in court, we also win benefits on appeal. Also, we have won hundreds of cases at the Appeals Council and in Federal Court.

EVERY DAY YOU WAIT TO APPLY FOR SSD BENEFITS IS A DAY YOU LOSE MONEY

We have won over $100 million in ongoing and past due benefits for our clients. These benefits are not a government handout. You can only qualify for SSDI benefits after years of hard work.

Social Security Disability benefits are not welfare. Instead, they are benefits that you pay for by working and paying taxes. The SSA puts aside those benefits for every person who works. They do this in case you experience a physical or mental condition that prevents you from working.

Your benefits are tied to the day you apply. SSDI benefits have a five month waiting period before benefits begin to pay. The five month waiting period applies to everyone. And, it doesn’t start until you file your SSDI application. SSI benefits, on the other hand, start on the date you file your application. Therefore, it is important to file an application as soon as you can.

Past due SSDI benefits can pay out one year prior to the date of application. You can receive past due benefits, as long as you were not working due to your medical condition. Learn about past due SSDI benefits.

If you file for SSI benefits, then SSI benefits will begin on the day you apply. This is true even if your mental or physical condition began prior to that date. Therefore, every day you wait to apply is a day you are losing SSDI and SSI benefits.

FILING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS IS EASY 

Applying is easy. Even if you don’t want to hire an SSDI and SSI lawyer right now, you should still apply for benefits. It is simple. Just go to the Social Security website and start an online application.

You can start an application online, even if you don’t have all the information you need. The SSA gives you a special number that allows you to come back and finish the application. If you simply cannot apply on your own, then we can help you complete your application.

Our lawyers and staff can help file your SSDI and SSI application. Also, we can help you at every appeal stage during the Social Security review process. That way, you can focus on your health.

OTHER THINGS OUR LAW FIRM DOES FOR YOU

Here is a list of the many things our attorneys and staff do for you:

• • • Send and help you complete the forms to become our client
    • Help you file your application for SSDI and SSI benefits
    • Request an appeal if you receive an initial denial
    • Confirm your free SSA doctor exam
    • Request a Hearing with an Administrative Law Judge
    • Prepare you to testify at your Social Security hearing
    • Represent you at your ALJ hearing and question the expert witnesses
    • Read about the job expert witness who will testify at your hearing
    • Learn about medical expert testimony
    • Explain the ALJ’s hearing decision
    • Request review of a decision at the Appeals Council
    • Request review of an Appeals Council denial in Federal Court

If you file your application online at Social Security’s website, then you only have 6 months to complete it. Additionally, once you receive a denial from the SSA, you only have 60 days to appeal any SSA decision. You must not fail to appeal within the time 60 day time frame set by the SSA.

WE WILL HELP YOU FILE YOUR APPLICATION FOR SSD BENEFITS 

Of course, we recommend filing for benefits with the help of your lawyer. Even though the SSA denies 70% of all claims, we still win most of our cases. We win SSD & SSI cases because we know the law.  Also, we know what medical evidence the SSA needs to grant your  benefits. Additionally, our lawyers and staff work with you to build your case. Consider us part of your team. You need a legal team on your side.

In the past 30 years, our Salt Lake City Social Security attorneys have won benefits for over 20,000 clients. We have also won over $100 million in SSDI and SSI benefits for our clients.

When you hire an attorney, you want one you can trust. You can trust our law firm. With our team approach and our years of experience, you can trust us to fight for your benefits. Give us a call and put our legal experience to work for you. You can also contact our law firm online.

WHAT ARE THE MAIN REASONS THE SSA DENIES BENEFITS?

• • 1. Is alcohol or drug abuse the real reason you aren’t working?     

       If you abuse drugs or alcohol, then the SSA will examine your medical records to see if you are sober. If you stop using substances are you still unable to return to work? If so, then your problems with substances will not prevent you from winning benefits.

       However, if the SSA finds that drugs or drinking is your main problem, then they will deny your case. You will not win benefits because the SSA does not pay benefits for disability due to drugs or alcohol addiction. Find out how alcohol and drug abuse impacts your SSD claim.

    2. Did you refuse to cooperate with SSA’s requests in your case?     

       Many people fail to submit their medical records to the SSA. This is a mistake. Because the burden of proof is on you to prove you cannot work due a severe medical condition. If you do not submit your medical records to the SSA, then you will not receive benefits. Likewise, if you fail to attend the free SSA doctor exam, then your case will be denied. These exams are free to you. Additionally, they provide valuable medical information to the SSA. If you miss the appointment or refuse to go to the exam, then your case will be denied.

    3. Do you have a legal history that stops you from winning Social Security disability benefits?    

       A criminal history does not usually stop you from winning benefits. However, if you sustain an injury while committing a felony, then cannot win benefits for that injury. For example, if you break your femur and you cannot walk for 12 months, then normally the SSA would pay you benefits. However, if you broke your femur while you were committing a felony, then you do not qualify for benefits.

       The same is true if your physical or mental condition became worse while you were in jail or prison. You also cannot win benefits if you violate parole. Additionally, if you are in jail or prison you do not qualify for SSI benefits.

    4. Did you lie on your application form?    

       The SSA can bring charges against you if you lie on your application. Therefore, do not lie about anything when you submit your application. The SSA might investigate you. For example, the SSA may send an employee to observe you at your exam with one of their doctors.

       Similarly, they may pretend to be policeman, ring your doorbell, and start asking you questions. They will then write a report about any complaints of pain you made while you were talking to them. They will comment on whether or not you were able to concentrate and answer questions. Likewise, they will state whether or not they could see your physical illness. You may not like the SSA’s approach. However, if they think you are lying, then they will investigate you.

    5. Did you receive a Durational Denial from the SSA?     

       In order to receive SSD benefits, your must not be able to work for longer than 12 months. If you were in a car accident, for example, you may have an injury that will heal within 12 months. If so, then you will not receive benefits. The SSA often states that they think your health will improve prior within 12 months. Then, they deny the case.

       The SSA is not always correct. However, if you try to claim benefits for a broken arm, then you will lose. Because, a broken arm usually heals within 12 weeks. If you are only missing work for a few months, then filing for benefits is not a good choice. SSDI and SSI benefits are for people whose medical conditions prevent them from working all jobs for over 12 months. However, there are special rules for those who are blind. Learn how to apply for SSDI and SSI benefit if you are blind.

FREE CASE REVIEW – CALL US NOW 

We can help you win your Social Security disability benefits. Call now. Or, contact us. We will review your case for free. When you call, we will need to know some basic information. For example, we will need a list of your employers for the past five years. Also, please be ready to tell us the names and phone numbers of your doctors. Additionally, tell us if you have already applied for benefits or have another attorney. If you already have an attorney, then we can’t help you. You will need to speak with your own attorney.

It doesn’t cost anything for us to look at your case. We offer a free case review. Also, if we take your case, you do not need to pay an attorney fee upfront. Additionally, we can represent you no matter where you live.

We represent clients in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, St. George, Logan. Also, we represent clients from small towns in Utah. Learn about Utah SSD benefit information. Additionally, we represent clients in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada. Find out about Nevada SSDI and SSI benefit information. Also, we have Idaho SSD benefit information. Likewise, we have information about California SSD benefits. We also represent clients in Denver and Colorado Springs. You can also review Colorado SSD benefit information.

NO ATTORNEY FEES UNTIL WE WIN YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

You only pay an attorney fee if we win your case. This means you do not owe an attorney fee until we win your benefits. If we do not win your case, then you do not owe an attorney fee. Additionally, our attorney fee is not more than 25% of your back benefit. Also, the current fee has a maximum fee cap of $7200.  In November 2024, the attorney fee cap will go up to $9200. This means the attorney fee will be either 25% of your back benefit or the cap at the time of your award of benefits. You will pay whatever amount is less between the two. Finally, you only pay an attorney fee if you win benefits. Read about attorney fees in SSD cases.

To learn more about our attorney fees, review What Will it Cost?

Likewise, you can give us a call now. We can answer your questions. If you cannot work because of your physical or mental conditions, then you should win SSD benefits.

You paid for your benefits by working. Now you need them. You deserve financial security. Call now. Hire us to be your legal team. If we win your case, then disability benefits will provide financial security for you and your family. Join Cannon Disability Law on the road to success. Win your Social Security Disability and SSI benefits. Contact us now.

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