Inability to be at Work as Scheduled because of Health Conditions

If a person misses too much work because of health conditions or has to leave work because of symptom flairs and/or medical treatment appointments, this is a serious factor that the SSA judge should consider properly in deciding if a person is too impaired to maintain a full-time job.

Disability Hearings

It is important to develop the medical record and testimony at the hearing to emphasize excess work absences will not allow a person to maintain employment.

Our experience is this is an issue a lot of SSA judges attempt to minimize or ignore. This issue should be addressed in preparing for a disability hearing.