alt.social-security-disability

I'm no "expert" but I think the VE is there , specifically, to answer any
question the judge might need clarifacation on. The fact that they did not
assess your own individual condition (well at least with a personal
interview) suggest that his/her input has more to do with on the spot
question answering.
eg: "This person cannot lift more then ten pounds, has a pretty good
education, can he/she sit at a phone and answer calls all day?" (possible
answer "Not when he/she has to remain at that desk and needs fifty potty
breaks a day" or "yep, sure can".
The legal rep on your side is there to input coditions that may prevent the
individual from preforming the job that the VE and judge may have
overlooked.
"Gina May" wrote in message
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Still does not make any sense stu. to have a VE sit in on the hearing..
they know not a thing about the claimant.. guess it dont matter to
them.. only that they are hungrey for my money and for me to loose..

But I do understand what you said. but not understand the system. Guess
the GOV has it so that we dont understand the system.

"Gi

Group: Date: Tue, Jul 31, 2007, 12:25pm
From: hawkinnc45@ (Six String Stu)
"Gina May" wrote in message
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This question may have been addressed here before but I wanted to ask
why does a Vocational Expert have to appear before a judge at a SSD
hearing?
Especially if the VE has not talked to the claimant about there needs
and health issues.. so how can a VE know what jobs a person can do. the
VE does not know the persons limits etc..as to what they can or canot
do.
"Gi
Yet the courts DO think that these "experts" know what is and is not
possible after they have read a case file. Very impersonal method of
assesment IMHO
And the judge will give a lot of weight to what this person says. They
wanted to send me to a school for the blind to rehab. The school was
into manufacturing straw brooms by hand. That's not much of a vocational
rehabilitation all by itself, but I think it gives the VI person a sense
of accomplishment and the will to strive for better skills built off of
those that may be available.
In my situation it wasn't so much the vision impairment as it was the
linering cognitive effects of the brain injury. I still have a memory
like a siv and there are times (especially after a seizure) when I have
trouble grasping simple concepts.