Signature No Longer Required for Hearing Requests

By Gordon Gates on July 23, 2009

The June 2009 Social Security Forum, which is published by NOSSCR for its members, has a good update regarding Requests for Hearings by ALJ.

SSA has revised HALLEX I-2-0-40, which deals with the Request for Hearing filing requirements. The HALLEX provision has been revised to reflect the elimination of the signature requirement when filing a request for hearing.

A claimant should still use form HA-501 to request a hearing, but neither the claimant’s nor a representative’s signature is required on the form.

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Gordon Gates specializes in Social Security disability law, and he handles claims at every level of the Social Security disability claim process. He assists clients…

Gordon Gates specializes in Social Security disability law, and he handles claims at every level of the Social Security disability claim process. He assists clients with initial applications for disability benefits, with appeals of denied claims, and with hearings by an administrative law judge.

Gordon has successfully appealed unfavorable administrative law judge decisions the Social Security Appeals Council and to U.S. District Court (District of Maine) to have those claims remanded for new hearings.

Gordon attended Maine Maritime Academy and Tulane University Law School. At Tulane, he served as Senior Articles Editor of the Tulane Law Review and graduated magna cum laude. He was admitted to practice law in Maine in 1991. Since 2005, he has concentrated his law practice on Social Security disability and SSI cases.

Gordon is the publisher of Social Security Disability Lawyer, a nationally-read legal blog. He presented at the Fall 2010 conference of National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) on the topic of Writing Hearing Briefs for the ALJ.

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