How does Social Security Disability look at your Jobs?
When an individual decides to file for disability benefits, he or she will likely be aware of the fact that their medical records will be used to render the disability determination on the claim.
What the claimant may not be aware of, however, is the role that their past jobs will play in the decision making process.
How do your jobs affect your ability to be awarded disability benefits? This comes into play in the area of something called past work. The actual manner in which your jobs may affect the outcome of your case is that your current "rated limitations" may rule out the ability to perform your past jobs.
How is this done, i.e. how are you rated and how does social security decide which of your past jobs to look at? Regarding the latter, the social security administration will consider any job you have performed within the specific 15 year period prior to an application for disability. Regarding the former, the social security administration will review your medical records and rate your limitations on something known as an RFC, or residual functional capacity, form.
Physical limitations can include how long a person can sit or stand or walk, how much they can lift, how well they can see or hear, or reach or bend or stoop. Physical limitations can even be rated with regard to how well a person can tolerate heights (very important for people with seizure disorder, leg problems, or a back condition) or even a person's ability to tolerate odors or bright lights (migraines, for instance, can be triggered by such environmental stimuli).
Mental limitations can include deficits in the ability to remember, the ability to concentrate, the ability to comprehend and learn new information, and the ability to effectively relate with other individuals in work settings (very important for receiving instructions, working as a member of a group, and passing on information to others).
Both physical or mental limitations are rated on something known as an "RFC form" and are based on what your medical records say about you and your condition. Medical records, of course, include admission and discharge summaries from hospitals, doctor's notes, imaging reports (xrays, MRI, CT-scan), blood work reports, and even statements provided by one's treating physician.
Applicants for disability benefits whose rated limitations are less than the requirements of the jobs they formerly did will be judged by social security to be unable to return to their past work. And if those rated limitations are severe enough to rule out the ability to perform other types of work as well (based on a person's skills, age, and education), then that individual may be deemed qualified to receive disability benefits.
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What the claimant may not be aware of, however, is the role that their past jobs will play in the decision making process.
How do your jobs affect your ability to be awarded disability benefits? This comes into play in the area of something called past work. The actual manner in which your jobs may affect the outcome of your case is that your current "rated limitations" may rule out the ability to perform your past jobs.
How is this done, i.e. how are you rated and how does social security decide which of your past jobs to look at? Regarding the latter, the social security administration will consider any job you have performed within the specific 15 year period prior to an application for disability. Regarding the former, the social security administration will review your medical records and rate your limitations on something known as an RFC, or residual functional capacity, form.
Physical limitations can include how long a person can sit or stand or walk, how much they can lift, how well they can see or hear, or reach or bend or stoop. Physical limitations can even be rated with regard to how well a person can tolerate heights (very important for people with seizure disorder, leg problems, or a back condition) or even a person's ability to tolerate odors or bright lights (migraines, for instance, can be triggered by such environmental stimuli).
Mental limitations can include deficits in the ability to remember, the ability to concentrate, the ability to comprehend and learn new information, and the ability to effectively relate with other individuals in work settings (very important for receiving instructions, working as a member of a group, and passing on information to others).
Both physical or mental limitations are rated on something known as an "RFC form" and are based on what your medical records say about you and your condition. Medical records, of course, include admission and discharge summaries from hospitals, doctor's notes, imaging reports (xrays, MRI, CT-scan), blood work reports, and even statements provided by one's treating physician.
Applicants for disability benefits whose rated limitations are less than the requirements of the jobs they formerly did will be judged by social security to be unable to return to their past work. And if those rated limitations are severe enough to rule out the ability to perform other types of work as well (based on a person's skills, age, and education), then that individual may be deemed qualified to receive disability benefits.
Return to:
Other Posts
How to apply for disability with SSA
Does my condition qualify for disability - links
Social security disability application
Working and Applying for Social Security Disability
Can you get a second Social Security Disability Hearing if a judge denies you?
Social Security Disability list of impairments
Qualifying for disability
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