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Originally Posted by Jo*mar
I got interrupted here and wasn't able to finish my posting ... 
I meant in general ,for the person, not anything relating to SSDI or how they make a decision.
I am curious if they would really expect someone to move? and how far?
Usually funds are low already and medical care is set so that is a interesting consideration..
Most cannot afford to up and move.. plus leave family behind? and the emotional support of friends .. |
It's more a legal exercise than the expectation that if SS claims a person is capable of working as a Chicken Sex Checker (sigh, yes, a "job" VE's apparently use) that this would be the only job a person could find. The DOT was last updated in the early 90's, so the jobs as written often no longer exist, but there are new jobs not listed in the DOT that do now exist. Realistically, it would be more common for denied applicants to find work where their employer allows for accommodations for their disability--utilizing the help of Voc Rehab Services, for example.
At my ALJ hearing the VE claimed there were maybe 50 Surveillance System Monitor jobs in CA that I could perform. That was total jobs, not openings, across the entire state. (After further testimony the ALJ decided I couldn't perform even those 50 jobs and I received a bench decision. The numbers were low enough that had I been denied, I would have a good argument for appeal.)