Ssa grids for sedentary work professional#
Education level will only direct a “not disabled” finding if the individual has education that provides a direct path to skilled work, such as a professional degree or certificate, but only if that degree is relatively recent. Once you are in an age category where the grid rule can direct a “disabled” finding, we then need to look at education level, but this actually makes relatively little difference. If you are reading this page, this rule will not apply to you, but it may apply to a friend or family member. You may notice that there is one further subdivision for people aged 45 to 49, which is illiteracy in this rare exception, people can apply the grid rules below age 50. Everyone below the relevant age category will be found “not disabled” under the grids. There’s a specific rule for each, and each rule has a number, but the rules kind of break down in categories. The grid divides people by age, education level, and the skill level of their past work, and the considers whether they have transferable skills to that exertion level. There’s a little more nuance to the rules, but not that much. At age 55, the standard changes again, and if you are limited to “light” work, which is basically just no lifting and carrying over 20 pounds, and you’ve only done heavier physical work before, you can then be found disabled. If you are that limited after age 50 and don’t have past work that can still be done with your limitations, and can’t easily pick up other sedentary work using skills from your past work, you are disabled. When a person attains age 50, they are categorized as a “person closely approaching advanced age.” At this age, a person can be found disabled if their functional capacity is only enough for “sedentary” work, which is specifically defined, but basically no heavy lifting or prolonged standing and walking. Let me shed some light on it.įirst, a broad overview of the law. If you just go to that page and scroll through, you may find it somewhat confusing. We call them “grid rules” because the actual regulation is laid out in a grid chart, but the formal name is the “Medical Vocational Guidelines.” The citation to the regulation is complicated: It’s Appendix 2 to Subpart P of Part 404.
In other posts, I’ve mentioned what we call the “grid rules” but haven’t gone into detail about them.
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