Sedentary Code Capacity & LTD Vocational Evidence Mapper

Residual Functional Capacity (RFC) Inputs

Interactive Live Scrub

Total Daily Sitting Limit 1.0 hr/day (60 min)

DOT Sedentary standard requires at least 6.0 hours sustained sitting.

Max Continuous Sitting Burst 20 minutes

L5-S1 radiculopathy triggers acute spasm past 20 minutes.

Supine / Bed-Rest Required Daily 20.0 hrs/day

Hours spent reclined offloading spine pressure and CLL fatigue.

Sustained Cognitive Attention Span 45 minutes

Degraded by opioid dosing (3x/day) and gabapentin brain fog.

Bilateral Keyboarding / Fine Motor Limit 1.5 hrs/day

Total allowable typing duration without severe cervical/lumbar referral.

Capacity vs DOT Sedentary Demands

Deficit: 5.0 hrs Sitting

Legal & Medical-Vocational RFC Classification

Less Than Full Sedentary (Sedentary Precluded by Inability to Sit 6 Hours in an 8-Hour Workday)

Under Social Security Ruling 96-9p & SSR 83-10, an inability to sit for substantially all of an 8-hour workday (minimum 6 hours) reduces occupational base to zero. Technical degree cannot substitute for physical presence.

DOT Occupational Benchmark & Insurer Discrepancy Breakdown

Complete Physical Preclusion

Junior Web Developer (DOT 030.062-010)

Sitting Demand: DOT requires 6.0 hrs/day. Claimant capacity is 1.0 hr/day (Shortfall: 5.0 hrs).
Pacing Demand: Stand-up meetings and 8-hour sprints conflict with mandatory 20-min posture changes.
Cognitive Demand: Complex logic syntax requires uninterrupted 2-4 hr focus blocks; claimant drops after 45 mins.

Attendance Cliff Rejection

Software QA Analyst (O*NET 15-1253.00)

Attendance Requirement: Standard competitive employment tolerates < 1 unscheduled absence/month.
Claimant Medical Schedule: CLL monitoring, hypertension spikes (153/103), and acute flare-ups average 4-6 lost days/month.
Keyboarding Demand: Repetitive ticket logging exceeds 1.5 hr/day physical upper extremity capacity.

Sub-SGA Asynchronous Potential Only

Technical Doc Writer (DOT 131.267-026)

Micro-Task Adaptation: Feasible only with supine bed-mount display and voice-coding (Talon dictation).
Sustainable Capacity: Max 6.5 hours/week of fragmented asynchronous output.
Vocational Impact: Generates ~$975/mo, well under full-time gainful employment, proving continued LTD total disability.

MetLife 12-to-24 Month LTD Defense & SSDI SGA Pacing Simulator

Safe Sub-SGA ($975 / $1,550 limit)

Claimant Financial & Policy Matrix

MetLife Monthly Gross LTD Benefit:	$3,400.00
Insurer Defense Theory:	Sedentary Coding Employability
SSDI 2026 Non-Blind SGA Ceiling:	$1,550.00 / mo
Trial Work Period (TWP) Trigger:	$1,110.00 / mo
Projected Sustainable Async Work (6.5 hrs/wk @ $35/hr):	$975.00 / mo

Pacing Defense: By restricting asynchronous remote coding to 6.5 hours weekly, monthly gross earnings remain at $975.00, which is safely below both the Trial Work Period ($1,110) and SGA ceiling ($1,550). This protects pending SSDI appeals while refuting insurer assertions of full-time work capability.

Generated Medical-Vocational Appeal Brief Excerpt

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