WELL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS/NEWEST VERSION 2026/GRADED
A+/BRAND NEW
Transferability - ANSWERSWe consider you to have skills that
can be used in other jobs, when the skilled or semi-skilled work
activities you did in past work can be used to meet the
requirements of skilled or semi-skilled work activities of other
jobs or kinds of work. This depends largely on the similarity of
occupationally significant work activities among different jobs.
(i)The same or a lesser degree of skill is required;
(ii) The same or similar tools and machines are used; and
(iii) The same or similar raw materials, products, processes, or
services are involved.
can be paid to:
1. Children under 18
2. Spouse
3. Divorced spouse (if married 10 years)
4. Somebody under age 62 who has custody of children
Quarters of Coverage (QC) - ANSWERSRefers to each 3-month
period of employment during which an employee contributes
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,to the retirement income program under the Social Security Act
of 1935.
- You have to have a min of 6 credits and max of 40.
Appeal deadline - ANSWERS60 days + 5 mailing days
Medicare Eligibility - ANSWERSDisabled - 24 months (29
months total from onset)
Disabled Adult Children Benefits (DAC) 404.350 - ANSWERSYou
have to be found disabled before age 22 and IF
1. a parent is deceased
2. Parent is on SS Retirement
3. Parent is on SSDI benefits
Must Be:
- Unmarried
- 18 or older
- Have a disability that started before age 22
- Cannot have substantial earnings to be insured for T2 on their
own record
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, Disabled Widow(er) Benefits (DWB or DIWW) 404.335 -
ANSWERSThe disability benefits are available to disabled
widows and widowers of insured workers, with benefits first
payable to the widow(er) at an age between age 50 and 60.
- Disability began w/in 7 years after the spouses death
- Deceased spouse must have been on T2 benefits or had T2
insured status before death
You are representing your client at a hearing. A vocational
expert (VE) is present. The ALJ asks if the VE has reviewed
Exhibit 15F, which is a consultative psychological examination
report, in which the psychologist opines that your client is
capable of performing simple, repetitive, unskilled tasks that do
not require ongoing contact with the public or coworkers. The
VE states that he has reviewed this report. The ALJ asks if he
agrees with the limitations that have been assessed, and the VE
says that he does agree with the limitations contained in that
report. Which statement is most accurate about the ALJ's
questioning of the VE? - ANSWERSd. Improper, because the VE
is offering his opinion about the relationship of the limitations
to the clinical signs and findings, thus rendering an opinion on
medical issues.
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