- What is the definition of “Disabled” as interpreted by the Social Security Administration
- Determining Disability Under the Regulations and Rulings
- Medical-Vocational Guidelines
- Social Security Disability and SSI: Nondisability Requirements and Other Differences
- Special Disability Programs
- Appeal Process
- Before Initial Interview
- Initial Interview
- After Initial Interview — Hearing Stage
- After Initial Interview — Below Hearing Stage
- Prehearing Procedure
- Hearing Preparation — Theory of the Case
- Obtaining Medical and Other Documentation
- Obtaining and Dealing With Opinion Evidence
- Analysis of Medical Impairments
- Mental Impairments, Listings
- Pain and Other Symptoms and Their Impact on Residual Functional Capacity
- Proving a Case for a Claimant Under Age 50
- Hearing Preparation
- Preparing Witnesses to Testify
- “The Hearing”
- Hearing Procedure
- Claimant’s Testimony
- Lay Witnesses
- The Government’s Medical Expert
- The Government’s Vocational Expert
- Closing Argument
- Post-Hearing Development
- Res Judicata, Administrative Finality and Reopening
- Deceased Claimants
- Peculiar Problems in Concurrent Cases
- SSI Issues
- Calculating the Amount of Back Benefits
- Fleeing Felons
- Post-Entitlement Issues
- Overpayments
- Continuing Disability Review and Termination of Eligibility for Disability Benefits
- Appeals Council
- Appeals Council: The Decision to Appeal
- Requesting Review by the Appeals Council
- Arguing the Case to the Appeals Council
- Substantive Issues
- Appealing an ALJ Denial Decision After Federal Court Remand
- Federal Court Review
- Considerations Prior to Filing
- Initiating the Civil Action: Procedure
- Post-Filing Procedure
- Practice Before U.S. Magistrate Judges
- Remedies: Remand and Reversal
- Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA)
- EAJA Time Limit
- EAJA Sample Pleadings
