tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post9046011281981647732..comments2024-03-29T02:05:50.350-04:00Comments on Social Security News: House Appropriations Committee "Believes" In Functional Assessment BatteriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-85052158096933292102015-10-31T03:44:16.085-04:002015-10-31T03:44:16.085-04:00Functional assessment batteries have always been a...Functional assessment batteries have always been and will always be fool's gold. They appeal only to those who give little thought to the matter, especially if they have no interest in justice, and to those who stand to profit from performing the functional assessment batteries. <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/02/new-batteriser-could-help-your-magic-mouse-trackpad-batteries-run-8x-longer" rel="nofollow">battery life</a>Elizabeth J. Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824134730760179008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-11584580567207700502015-08-16T01:38:38.523-04:002015-08-16T01:38:38.523-04:00@Anon 42
You raise an interesting fiction that un...@Anon 42<br /><br />You raise an interesting fiction that underlies a lot of disability adjudication. If, as you say, a treating doctor could not accurately opine on how long a patient can perform exertional activities, then the argument would be even stronger that a DDS non-examining physician or CE could not do so either. They have observed the claimant less. Are you any less skeptical of their opinions?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-15557703835081967562015-08-16T01:22:01.267-04:002015-08-16T01:22:01.267-04:00It does appear to be a bogus test that would exclu...It does appear to be a bogus test that would exclude many legitimate claims. At best, such tests offer a limited snapshot in time of a person's function. Such snapshots have very limited value because:<br /><br />-Very few medical conditions cause the same limitations all the time. In fact, most fluctuate considerably, in both the short and long term.<br />-The disability standard calls for evaluation of a person's ability to sustain function over time, not how they are doing at a single point in time. <br /><br />Also, to the extent any test ignores subjective evidence it is flawed. Nobody serious in this line of work contests that subjective symptoms can and do disable many people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-40460960576009300782015-08-15T13:51:00.690-04:002015-08-15T13:51:00.690-04:00Charles, you mean worse than the current practice ...Charles, you mean worse than the current practice of reps submitting MSSs that have farcical responses and ask questions most TS would not actually know, such as how minutes your patient can sit, stand or walk.Anonymous 42https://www.blogger.com/profile/13090193899484639229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-56837246247532046632015-08-14T13:08:08.383-04:002015-08-14T13:08:08.383-04:00Functional Capacity Evaluations are no better than...Functional Capacity Evaluations are no better than hocus pocus. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-79056193118092077442015-08-14T11:28:00.569-04:002015-08-14T11:28:00.569-04:00Wouldn't it be nice if actual tests were perfo...Wouldn't it be nice if actual tests were performed with actual objective results, rather than CEs that simply say reduced range of motion. If they will actually perform the tests, like a OT would, I think the results would be helpful. At least more helpful than a CE full of BS results for tests that were never performed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com