Give Me Five Minutes And I Will Tell You How A Vocational Evaluator’s Testimony Can Make Or Break Your Social Security Disability Claim

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Vocational Evaluators Testimony Disability Claim

When you apply for Social Security Disability benefits the Social Security Administration will use a Five Step Sequential Evaluation to determine your eligibility for Social Security Disability benefits. More often than not, the decision is made at Steps 4 and 5 of the Five Step Sequential Evaluation. At Step 4 the Social Security Administration will determine whether you are capable of returning to the lightest job you’ve held in the 15 years before you became disabled in view of your physical or psychological restrictions and limitations. If you can meet Step 4, the Social Security Administration must next determine at Step...

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What is the Five Step Sequential Evaluation the Social Security Administration Uses in Every Case All the Time?

Posted by Nancy Cavey

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The Social Security Administration analyzes your claim using what is called a 5 STEP SEQUENTIAL EVALUATION process which we outline below. 1. Have you engaged in substantial gainful activity? At Step One, the issue is whether you have worked after the date you said you became disabled. Most Social Security applicants meet test one because they have not worked since their disability began. If you have worked after the date you said you became, disabled, we can determine whether that work may disqualify you from entitlement to benefits. 2. Do you have a severe impairment? Step 2 is designed to weed out cases that...