Assessments such as vocational assessments and FAEs are not properly characterized as diagnostic aids to
the opinions of health practitioners, but precluding their use in litigation would be contrary to good policy.
If your doctor absolutely refuses to entertain that option without offering you a very good reason that is specific to your
health, it may serve your best interest to seek another
opinion from a different
practitioner — ideally an integrative or holistic physician comfortable with the full range
of thyroid medication options — versus an endocrinologist.