Disability (Documents)

Improved Use of Medical Personnel in Social Security Disability Determinations

Publication Date: September 28, 2011
Tags: Benefits, Disability

The Social Security Administration annually processes more than 1.5 million requests for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income requiring a determination whether the claimant is disabled. The Administrative Conference has addressed various aspects of the Social Security Administration’s administrative procedures in earlier...

Social Security Disability Program Appeals Process: Supplementary Recommendation

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Publication Date: September 28, 2011
Tags: Adjudication, Appeals, Disability, Hearings, Social Security

The Administrative Conference of the United States has undertaken numerous studies over the years relating to the appeals process in the Social Security Administration (SSA) disability program. It has issued four recommendations specifically involving the various levels of review in that program. It has also issued other more general recommendations...

State-Level Determinations in Social Security Disability Cases

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Publication Date: February 28, 2012
Tags: Disability, Federalism

In Fiscal Year 1986, nearly two and one half million individuals applied for disability benefits under two federal programs administered by the Social Security Administration: Retirement, Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance (RSDHI), and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Payments made annually to their seven million beneficiaries totaled...

A New Role for the Social Security Appeals Council

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Publication Date: February 28, 2012
Tags: Administrative Review, Appeals, Disability

The Social Security disability system is described generally in Recommendation 87-6 which focuses on the initial determination process at the state-level Disability Determination Service (DDS) offices. This Recommendation addresses the later stages of review by the Social Security Administration (SSA)....

Procedures for Determining Social Security Disability Claims

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Publication Date: August 17, 2012
Tags: Administrative Law Judges (ALJs), Disability, Hearing Officers

For at least two decades the Social Security Administration’s hearings and appeals processes, particularly those for determining disability claims which account for 90 percent of all hearings, have been the subject of study, debate, and critical comment. Suggestions for improvement of these processes abound. It has been proposed that social security hearings be exempted from...