Social Security disability adjudicators divide work into categories: sedentary, light, medium, heavy, and very heavy. Most of my claims win or lose on the ability to perform sedentary work. If a worker is age 50 or older, cannot perform any of his past work and is limited to sedentary unskilled work, he will be found disabled under the "Grid Rules."
If this same individual is skilled or semi-skilled with skills that transfer to other work, he must prove that he cannot perform even sedentary work before he will be found disabled. The inability to do sedentary work can be due to either an exertional or non-exertional impairment. Non-exertional impairments do not rely on "Grid Rules."
Vocational evidence, as well as medical evidence, must be used to guide a disability claim to successful conclusion. Disability advocates are trained to use both types of evidence to win cases. More information about Alabama disability advocates
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