The Social Security Administration has released its “waterfall” chart for Fiscal Year 2010. These are very recent statistics.
At the Initial application level, on a nation-wise basis, 35% of disability claims were allowed, and 65% were denied. At the Reconsideration level, of the denied claims that were appealed, just 13% were allowed, and 87% were
Every two weeks, I publish links to a selection of notable posts from the Social Security Disability Blogs.
I always spend some time talking with my clients after a Social Security disability hearing to discuss how the hearing went. It is a chance to look back and tell the client what was good (and bad), and give a prognosis. There is a great deal at stake at these hearings, and I want the
At a Social Security disability hearing, sometimes it is very clear that the claim should be granted. In such cases, a bench decision is available to the administrative law judge. A bench decision must be a fully favorable decision.
The last two hearings attended by my colleague Collette Cushing both resulted in bench decisions. A
Every two weeks, I publish a roundup of notable articles from the Social Security disability blogs.
There are many ways that a disability lawyer helps with your Social Security disability claim. I have a list of 7 ways that a Social Security lawyer can help. They are:
It is with great regret that I learned that Judge Matthew J. Gormley, III died on Monday. Judge Gormley was a Manchester, New Hampshire administrative law judge for many years, and retired just three years ago.
Here is Judge Gormley's obituary.
Social Security has procedures to identify disability applicants who have very serious medical conditions that obviously meet disability standards, and to fast-track those claims so that they are granted quickly. These are called compassionate allowances.
The SSA website now has a page that explains compassionate allowances, and provides a complete list of the
Rutgers law professor Jon Dubin has an article in the latest Administrative Law Review entitled “Overcoming Gridlock: Campbell after a Quarter-Century and Bureaucratically Rational Gap-Filling in Mass Justice Adjudication in the Social Security Administration’s Disability Programs” (follow this link to read an executive summary or download a free pdf of the article).
Aside from his
Every other Friday, we publish links to recent notable articles from the disability blogs.