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Avery v. Sec. HHS, 797 F.2d 19 (1st Cir. 1986)

west
Leading 1st Circuit Social Security case on pain and the factors to be considered in analyzing pain in the disability determination process.

EAEDC Caseload by DTA Local Office

DTA
Tables and chart of DTA's EAEDC caseload by TAO (local office), from February 1997 through April 2003, in PDF and Excel spreadsheet.

HIPAA and the Social Security Administration

DLC/SSA
Information about the applicability of the HIPAA Privacy regulations to the Social Security Administration. The medical record and health information privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) went into effect on April 14, 2003. In order to comply…

Effect of Defaulted Student Loans on Return to Work Efforts (Cornell Policy and Practice Brief)

Hager and Cebula
This brief describes types of student loans that exist and effects or defaulted student loans on individuals benefits. Reviewed are increased efforts to collect on defaulted student loans as well as remedies to take a loan out of default.

*SSA Plans to Revise Rules for Evaluating Mental Disorders

DLC
TO: Individuals with disabilities, advocates, disability-rights leaders, and parents.FROM: Troy Justesen, Associate Director for Domestic PolicySSA has published a notice of intent to update and revise the rules that we use to evaluate mental disorders of adults and children who apply for, or…

Link to Committee for Public Counsel Services (MA Public Defenders)

DLC
Committee for Public Counsel Services website: https://www.publiccounsel.net/ Contact CPCS for assistance with clearing up Massachusetts-based default warrants and probation violations. Clients must meet indigency standards in SJC Rule 3:10 (see…

MLRI REPORT: "The Wrong Idea at the Wrong Time: ...Work Requirement for Parents with Pre-School Children"

Deborah Harris, MLRI

SSI Ineligibility for "Fleeing Felons"

DLC
Fleeing Felon Denials and Suspensions of SSI Benefits Require Showing of the Intent to Flee. The so-called fugitive or fleeing felon provision of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.

Final Rule with Request for Comment: Video Teleconferencing Appearances before Administrative Law Judges (68 Fed. Reg. 5210, Fe

SSA
SSA's description of the new rule: We are revising our rules to allow us to conduct hearings before administrative law judges (ALJs) at which a party or parties to the hearing and/or a witness or witnesses may appear before the ALJ by video teleconferencing (VTC). The revised rules provide that…

Training and Employment Notice No. 6-02 (Jan. 6, 2003) - RE: Ticket to Work and its Relationship to the One Stop System

Office of Workforce Administration
Notice issued by the Office of Workforce Investment in the U.S. Department of Labor. The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice is to provide information to the workforce investment system on the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program and how it impacts the One-Stop system.

Fact Sheet: FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT

DOL
Department of Labor information on the basic provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. The law contains provisions on employer coverage; employee eligibility for the law's benefits; entitlement to leave, maintenance of health benefits during leave, and job restoration after leave;…

Residual Functional Capacity Forms for Child's SSI Cases (1)

DLC
There are 2 versions here: one with only RFC questions and the other with RFC and basic medical evaluation questions. Both are in MS Word and Wordperfect.

A Long History of Affirmative Action - For Whites

California Newsreel
From the article: Many middle-class white people, especially those of us from the suburbs, like to think that we got to where we are today by virtue of our merit - hard work, intelligence, pluck, and maybe a little luck. And while we may be sympathetic to the plight of others, we close down when…

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

National Academy of Sciences
Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are known to reflect access to care and other issues that arise from differing socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, increasing evidence that even after such differences are accounted for, race and ethnicity remain significant predictors of the…

2002 report from Special Commission on Uncompensated Care

Hepatitis Central Website

SSA Homelessness Plan (October, 2002) and Press Release by National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

SSA; NLCHP

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999

This is the statute creating the Ticket to Work.

Click here to see what a Ticket to Work looks like

American Board of Medical Specialties

Website for looking up specialty certifications of doctors.

SSA Psychiatric Review Technique Form (PRTF), SSA 2506-BK, 6/2001

SSA
Form used by SSA (DDS doctors and ALJs) in assessing mental impairments. The form, which was revised in 2001 after the revision of the mental impairments listings, tracks the mental impairment listings.

Evaluation of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (POMS DI 24515.075)

Glossary of Medical-Vocational Terms (POMS DI 25001.001)

SSA

New Ruling: SSR 02-2p Evaluation of Interstitial Cystitis (pdf)

Gisbrecht v. Barnhart (U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Attorney Fees, 2002)

What Do I Do with My Ticket to Work?

DLC
WHAT DO I DO WITH MY TICKET TO WORK? IT’S UP TO YOU!!! NOTHING! You don’t have to do anything with it. If you don’t use your ticket, you will not see any change in your Social Security or SSI benefits. DO YOU WANT TO WORK? If you are considering returning to work you can talk with a “benefits…

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

National Institute of Mental Health

Prescription Drug Information from MEDLINE Plus

guide to prescription medication; medicine; drugs

Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) Services in MA

PROTECTION & ADVOCACY FOR BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL SECURITY: Services for People who Receive SSI or SSDI and Want to Work. The Disability Law Center has received a grant from the Social Security Administration, pursuant to The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act, to provide…

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Rose v. Shalala, 34 F.3d 13 (1st Cir. 1994)

SSR 96-1p: Policy Interpretation Ruling Application by the Social Security Administration (SSA) of Federal Circuit Court and Dis

SSA
To clarify longstanding policy that, unless and until a Social Security Acquiescence Ruling (AR) is issued determining that a final circuit court holding conflicts with the Agency's interpretation of the Social Security Act or regulations and explaining how SSA will apply such a holding, SSA…

Social Security Ruling 99-2p (Evaluating Cases Involving CFS)

SSA
SSR 99-2p EFFECTIVE/PUBLICATION DATE: 4/30/99 SSR 99-2p: POLICY INTERPRETATION RULING TITLES II AND XVI: EVALUATING CASES INVOLVING CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (CFS) PURPOSE: To restate and clarify the policies of the Social Security Administration for developing and evaluating title II and title…

SSR 96-4p TITLES II AND XVI: SYMPTOMS, MEDICALLY DETERMINABLE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS, AND EXERTIONAL AND NONEXERTIONAL

SSA
The purpose of this Ruling is to clarify SSA policy on the evaluation of symptoms in the adjudication of claims. No symptom or combination of symptoms can be the basis for a finding of disability, no matter how genuine the individual's complaints may appear to be, unless there are medical signs…

SSR 96-8p: Assessing Residual Functional Capacity in Initial Claims

SSA
SSR 96-8pEFFECTIVE/PUBLICATION DATE: 07/02/96SSR 96-8p: POLICY INTERPRETATION RULING TITLES II AND XVI: ASSESSING RESIDUAL FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY IN INITIAL CLAIMS PURPOSE: To state the Social Security Administration's policies and policy interpretations regarding the assessment of residual functional…

SSR 96-2p: Giving Controlling Weight to Treating Source Medical Opinions

SSA
SSR 96-2p EFFECTIVE/PUBLICATION DATE: 07/02/96 SSR 96-2p: POLICY INTERPRETATION RULING TITLES II AND XVI: GIVING CONTROLLING WEIGHT TO TREATING SOURCE MEDICAL OPINIONS PURPOSE: To explain terms used in our regulations on evaluating medical opinions concerning when treating source medical opinions…

SSR 96-5p: Medical Source Opinions on Issues Reserved to the Commissioner

SSA
SSR 96-5p EFFECTIVE/PUBLICATION DATE: 07/02/96 SSR96-5p: POLICY INTERPRETATION RULING TITLES II AND XVI: MEDICAL SOURCE OPINIONS ON ISSUES RESERVED TO THE COMMISSIONER PURPOSE: To clarify Social Security Administration (SSA) policy on how we consider medical source opinions on issues reserved to the…

SSR 96-9p: Determining Capability to Do Other Work

SSA

SSR 96-3p CONSIDERING ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN AND OTHER SYMPTOMS IN DETERMINING WHETHER A MEDICALLY DETERMINABLE IMPAIRMENT IS SEVER

SSA
Because a determination whether an impairment(s) is severe requires an assessment of the functionally limiting effects of an impairment(s), symptom-related limitations and restrictions must be considered at this step of the sequential evaluation process, provided that the individual has a medically…

SSR 96-6p CONSIDERATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE FINDINGS OF FACT BY STATE AGENCY MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS AND OTHER PROGR

SSA
CONSIDERATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE FINDINGS OF FACT BY STATE AGENCY MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS AND OTHER PROGRAM PHYSICIANS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE AND APPEALS COUNCIL LEVELS OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW; MEDICAL EQUIVALENCESSR 96-6pEFFECTIVE/PUBLICATION DATE:…

1999 SSI Payment Levels

DLC

1996 SSI Payment Levels

DLC

Sample Physical RFC Forms (Adult)

Centers for Disease Control

CDC

1998 SSI Payment Levels

DLC

Sample Mental RFC Forms (Adult)

MA Board of Registration in Medicine

BRM
Website for finding doctors in Mass.

Links to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles Online

DOL
Three ways to find the DOT online: https://occupationalinfo.org/

2000 SSI Payment Levels

DLC