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Vocational Expert (VE)

Vocational experts are frequent witnesses at Social Security hearings. The decision as to whether to have a VE is made by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). Some judges have a VE at almost every hearing, others rarely use a VE. The VE is trained...

Substantial Gainful Activity

Social Security regulations provide specific definitions in regard to what constitutes "disability" within the Social Security statute. One part of that definition deals with the inability to perform "Substantial Gainful Activity" within the legal...

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