Hi there again - been off of this forum for a long time. I finally got my disability heard in fed appeals and they rubber-stamped my appeal from the lower courts - again - not disabled because i am educated in the the law. - That was almost 4 yrs ago this month. I am now of advanced age and they didn't even recognize the fact that VE was never used nor was i put on notice as to what jobs were available to me in the nat'l economy. I just about lost it. If it wasn't for out of town company that helped me hold it together, i would be in the loony bin (that may yet happen - I am so despondent over the appeal). I was told that in my petition for rehearing en banc that i should use Heckler v. Campbell that requires a VE for non exertional limitations. I will also motion for a rehearing due to ineffective assistance of counsel. That may be a moot point, but since Heckler wasn't argued from the git-go - it might have changed the outcome of the appeal, thus maintaining the standard of ineffectual counsel as enumerated by Strickland v. Washington.

Jackie R.