RIDICULOUS JOBS THAT MAY DENY YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS

Could your Social Security disability benefit be denied because they think you can perform one of these jobs?

• Horse Identifier   DOT Code 153.387-010 (DOT codes given after each job)

• Horse and Wagon Driver  DOT Code 919.664-010 

• Butter Melter   523-585-010 

• Animal Impersonator   159.047-018 

• Bucket Chucker   664.685-014 

• Belly Roller   583.685-094 

• Side Splitter   525-684-018 

• Worm Picker   413-687-010 

• Egg Smeller   521.687-042 

• Bowling Ball Weigher   732.487-010
  

And my personal favorite....

• Coach Driver, DOT Code 349.677-014.  The DOT job description reads:  "May clean or polish vehicles such as a carriage, wagon or cart." 

Social Security uses an obsolete publication to identify jobs that a disability claimant may be able to do.  These jobs, in turn, are often used to deny disability claims.  The publication required by Social Security decision makers is The Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), first published in the 1930s and last updated in 1985.  The DOT describes 12,569 jobs.  Many of them are obsolete, from a bygone era.  The DOT code number is given, to prove this is no joke.

The US Department of Labor recognizes that the DOT is obsolete. But the Social Security Administration uses it religiously and considers it the Gospel. To show once again how obsolete the DOT has become, there is no mention of computer related jobs or computer skills in the DOT.

It's llike the computer age never dawned.

Some federal courts have also recognized how outdated the DOT is and a few have reversed Social Security denials based on this fact. Not every job listed in the DOT are as obsolete as the ones listed but many of them are.