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Average Current Earnings (ACE). Multiple formulas are used to calculate average current earnings, then the highest number is used. A reduction in the disabled worker’s, and dependents’ benefits may be made for any month the worker’s total Social Security benefits, workers compensation, and where applicable, other public disability benefits exceed 80% of his or her “average current earnings.” The SSA earnings record shows the ACE amount with the 80% adjustment already computed.
Vocational experts (VEs) or medical experts (MEs) may testify, appearing in person, by video teleconferencing, or sometimes by telephone. VEs testify in nearly 60 percent of all hearings. MEs testify in somewhat fewer than 20 percent. Such experts are supposed to be neutral, too, unlike, for example, experts in worker’s compensation or personal injury cases, where everyone expects the experts to take sides. Of course, when a medical expert appears who is used to testifying for insurance companies in worker’s compensation cases, you are not likely to get much help on the case from the ME. Although an ME’s testimony alone can win a case for you (by demonstrating that your impairments meet or equal an impairment found in SSA’s Listing of Impairments), it is less likely that an ME’s testimony will be the sole reason you lose.
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