DISABILITY BENEFIT RECOVERY

May I represent myself at a Social Security Disability Hearing? Rephrased:  May I Experiment on My First Disability Hearing, Using Myself as the Guinea Pig?  Beware:  Social Security will have a "vocational expert" at your hearing.  This "expert" testimony can cause you to lose your claim. The Judge will ask the vocational witness to find jobs that you supposedly can still do.  If the "expert" finds jobs you can still perform (and they will), you will lose your case.   Below are 2 examples of case-losing jobs, actually used by vocational witnesses to get claims denied: JOB # 1    Surveillance System Monitor - DOT No. (Dictionary of Occupational Titles) 379.367-010.  The expert will testify that there are about 89,000 such jobs in the US economy and about 1,500 in the regional economy.  This job is Sedentary exertion level (performed mostly from a seated position) - and has an SVP of 2 (can be learned in only a few hours). JOB # 2:  Machine

www.VeteransDisabilityHuntsville.com www.VeteransDisabilityHuntsville       Contact:  (256) 799-0297   There has been a lot of news lately about problems in the Veterans Administration (VA) and how it is not adequately serving the needs of veterans, especially in the area of medical treatment. What many veterans do not know is that they don't have to depend solely on the VA for financial help.  Disabled veterans are also eligible to apply for Social Security disability benefits, which can pay up to $2,600 per month in cash benefits. Getting Social Security disability benefits will not reduce benefits from the VA.  Veterans who qualify can receive full VA benefits plus Social Security disability benefits. This is because veterans paid into the Social Security disability program during their years of active military service, and afterward.  They are covered by Social Security just as any other individual who paid into the program. In fact, starting in Marc