Work History Report

When you apply for Social Security Disability benefits, you will have to complete a Work History report for all jobs you have performed in the past 15 years. This does not look like a very important form, but it is. Social Security is not using it to check to see if it matches their payroll information or anything like that. Rather, it will be used to determine what kind of work you have done in the past. 

To many pople make their previous work description easier than it was performed. Take your time completing this form. Think about the work. The harder the job was, the more difficult it will be for the judge to say you can perform your past work. The easier the job description and detail you give, the easier it will be for the judge to say you can do your past work and you lose your case.

Remember, you need to write down how long you had to stand, walk, reach, and handle. Take the maximum amount; do not try to average it out. It is okay if the categories equal more than the hours worked in a day.

For “Lifting and Carrying,” include the occasional heavy things you had to lift. If you worked in an office where there was no lifting more than 10 pounds, except for once a month when the 50-pound boxes of copy paper were delivered, check the 50-pound box for the “heaviest weight lifted.” Then check the 10-pound box for the “frequently lifted” category. 

1. Use scratch paper to help you formulate your answers. Especially for Section 2, try to put your jobs in order.

2. If your handwriting is poor, you can always type out your responses using this pdf.

3. Think about your answers ahead of time and think about why you cannot do your old jobs. For each job, make sure that requirement is in that description. If you leave it out, DDSD will determine that you can go back to that old job.

If you need helping applying for Social Security Disability or SSI, please contact me at joshben99@gmail.com. I have over 20 years experience with Social Security Disability cases.

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