Disability Lawyer Serving Greater Los Angeles: What Is a Vocational Expert and How Do They Affect Your Disability Case?
At your Disability hearing there is one person who can sink your case without ever having met you: the vocational expert. Their job is to tell the judge what jobs you could still do, based on your limitations. If that job list holds up, you lose. As Disability lawyers serving the entire greater Los Angeles area, our work begins long before that expert opens their mouth.
What the Vocational Expert Does Against You
Social Security hires this expert to testify at your hearing. Based on your age, education, work experience, and the limitations that appear in your medical file, the expert tells the judge what types of jobs exist that you, according to them, could still perform. The problem is that these job lists are often generic and don’t reflect your actual limitations.
How We Fight Back Against That List
Before the hearing, we build your file so that your functional limitations are documented in enough detail that the expert’s job list shrinks or disappears entirely. At the hearing, our attorneys cross examine the vocational expert: we challenge whether those jobs exist in significant numbers, whether they are compatible with your exact restrictions, and whether the expert considered all of your combined conditions.
When necessary, we present our own vocational evidence to contradict theirs. This is one of the most technical stages of the entire Disability process, and also one of the most decisive.
Results That Speak for Themselves
Casa de la Justicia maintains a 75% approval rate, well above the national average, and has helped more than 3,000 people win their monthly Disability payments. We were named Best Law Firm in Hermosa Beach two years in a row. Our entire team serves you in Spanish and English, anywhere in the Los Angeles area.
Is Your Hearing Coming Up? Don't Face the Vocational Expert Alone.
To determine whether you or your client qualifies for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, contact Walker Firm PC dba Casa de la Justicia for a free 10-minute evaluation. Our experienced legal staff can quickly assess whether your client’s medical condition meets Social Security’s strict eligibility requirements and guide your clients through the Disability application process at no out of pocket costs. Consider referring your client’s Disability case to the Walker Firm PC dba Casa de la Justicia today at 1-800-454-5454.
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