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The House Majority Report on the Social Security Administration (SSA) Integrity Hearing

The House Majority issued a report related to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s June 11th hearing on the integrity of the SSA’s appeals process with regard to how the SSA addresses high allowance Administrative Law Judges (ALJs). The Majority’s report discussed a variety of related issues and concerns including: – ALJs with “red-flag” allowance rates (higher than 75%), and how between 2005 and 2013, these high allowance ALJs awarded some 1.3 million people federal disability benefits, costing taxpayers about $400 billion over a lifetime -Case studies suggesting the questionable conduct of several ALJs with a greater than 90%… Learn More

The Social Security Administration (SSA) Navigates the Electronic Age

The SSA has spent the last decade developing its electronic infrastructure. This includes the electronic disability claims folder (EF). What follows is an incomplete bullet point list of some of the SSA’s current regulations for filing certain kinds of requests. Requests for reconsideration, reviews, and hearings must be filed in the following cases: -Initial application denied (regulations differ for prototype vs. non-prototype states) -Request for reconsideration denied -Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decides unfavorably (must be filed on paper) Regarding electronic access to the claimant’s EF: -There’s no online access to a claimant’s EF prior to the hearing level; contact the… Learn More

Symptom Validity Tests (SVTs)

A Symptom Validity Test (SVT) is a neuropsychological test that helps clinicians and evaluators determine the legitimacy of a patient’s symptoms by establishing to what extent, if at all, a patient is faking or exaggerating symptoms (also known as malingering). The Social Security Administration (SSA) does not encourage the use of SVTs in the disability determination process, as it feels the tests do not yield enough evidentiary value. The SSA sent out a letter to all of its Disability Determination Services (DDS) personnel regarding the use of SVTs. The letter states: You cannot prove malingering with tests; there is no… Learn More

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