Advanced Strategies Used by Lawyers at Disability Hearings

Proving You Can't Do Your Past Work at a Disability Hearing

You'll have to show that you don't currently have the functional capacity to perform your past work.

Challenging the Use of Past Work as Irrelevant at a Disability Hearing

Only certain past jobs can be counted when Social Security considers what transferable job skills you have.

Correct the Details of Your Past Work to Win Your Disability Hearing

At your Social Security hearing, be prepared to testify as to the exact requirements and duties of your prior work.

Questioning the VE's Testimony About Other Work at a Disability Hearing

Being able to challenge a VE's proposed jobs at a disability hearing is key to winning your claim.

Ruling Out Other Work at Your Disability Hearing Because You Don't Have the Job Skills

How to prove to Social Security that you can't do other work because you don't have the transferable job skills.

Getting Disability by Arguing You Can't Even Do Sedentary Work

If you have physical or mental limitations that prevent you from doing even sit-down work, you should be approved for disability benefits.

How Social Security Defines Skilled and Unskilled Work: SVPs

Making sure Social Security classifies your prior job at the right skill level can help you win disability.

The Importance of Vocational Expert Testimony at a Disability Hearing

The testimony of the vocational expert at your Social Security disability hearing can make or break your case.

When the Number of Other Jobs Proposed by the VE Is Not Significant

If Social Security says you can do another job despite your limitations, the job must exist in significant numbers.

Federal Court Criticizes "Blind Reliance" on Vocational Expert Testimony

This article discusses a disability denial where the ALJ relied on inaccurate vocational expert testimony.