“Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho! It’s Off to Work I Go!” Snow White’s Seven Dwarves aren’t the only ones ready for a day at the work site! So are you! You may wonder if you are allowed to work after being found disabled by Social Security. There are limitations and rules to this,...
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SSD – Return To Work
Should You Go Back to Work After a Disability Hearing?
A question many clients have been asking me lately after their hearings is whether they should return to work. There are several reasons for this. One, is that the disability hearing itself really isn’t the end of the road. In most cases, it still takes 30-60 days for...
Ruling out “Other Work”
So from the five step process we know we need to prove you cannot do other work, not just the work you have done before. There are a few rules we can use to help us rule out other work though, one of them being POMS § 416.962 Medical-vocational profiles showing an...
Breaking Down Vocational Expert Testimony: Exertional Levels
Vocational experts are present at every Social Security Disability hearing. Their job is to not only classify your past relevant work, but to also testify as to what jobs are available in the national economy. Often their testimony at the hearing may be difficult to...
Breaking Down Vocational Expert Testimony: SVP
Vocational experts are present at every Social Security Disability hearing. Their job is to not only classify your past relevant work, but to also testify as to what jobs are available in the national economy. What is SVP? Often their testimony at the hearing may be...
Vocational Expert Testimony: The Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Vocational experts are present at every Social Security Disability hearing. Their job is to not only classify your past relevant work, but to also testify as to what jobs are available in the national economy. Often their testimony at the hearing may be difficult to...
Job Obsolescence
Proving a disability claim before Social Security Administration essentially involves showing an inability to perform past work or any other substantial work that exists in the national economy due to a diagnosable medical impairment(s). Social Security Administration...
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