In this video Marc Whitehead, a Board Certified Social Security Disability Attorney, explains the importance of correctly filling out the work history report.
It is pretty common for Marc Whitehead to receive Social Security Disability questions dealing with how people should fill out their work history report. These forms do a terrible job of explaining how they should be filled out and what you really need to include, so these questions don’t come as a surprise.
Unfortunately this document is incredibly important to your claim, so it is highly recommended that your talk to an experienced Social Security Disability attorney to get help filling it out. A well prepared work history report can be the difference between getting the benefits that your deserve and having your claim denied.
The best way to insure that your work history report is complete, accurate, and includes the kind of information that can help you win your claim is to work with a qualified Social Security Attorney and get your Social Security questions answered.
With that said; there are some general guidelines that you can follow to get a good start to getting the document complete.
Don’t include jobs that are older then 15 years
Make it clear that any work you did was not preformed at the Substantial gainful activity level
Remember to include the number of hours and the pay of any job you list to determine whether they’re considered substantial gainful activity.
Note if the job as preformed required over 40 hours a week or over 8 hours in shifts
Extensively list job requirements for all jobs, especially physical requirements
Include uncommon tasks, like climbing a ladder once a week
Include mental tasks as well as physical ones.
Detail which parts of the work you could preform and which parts of the job you couldn’t preform on every job you list
Include jobs last less then six months but remember they may not be included or used against you because they could fall under the unsuccessful work attempt rule.
The most important thing you can do, is to be as detailed as possible when your describing the job requirements. Work history reports do a poor job of asking for this information, so you’ll need to come up with the details yourself.
