Social Security Administration Disability Determination and Appeals Process: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, May 2, 1991, Volume 4 |
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... Thank you for your information . We are anxiously looking for- ward to the rest of the testimony , and some of the other people might like to comment on what you have said . Thank you . [ The opening statement of Mr. Bunning follows ...
... Thank you for your information . We are anxiously looking for- ward to the rest of the testimony , and some of the other people might like to comment on what you have said . Thank you . [ The opening statement of Mr. Bunning follows ...
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... Thank you . Mr. Cardin . Mr. CARDIN . Mr. Chairman , I want to first thank you for holding these hearings . This is an extremely important subject , dealing with why it is taking so long for some of these hearings to take place and ways ...
... Thank you . Mr. Cardin . Mr. CARDIN . Mr. Chairman , I want to first thank you for holding these hearings . This is an extremely important subject , dealing with why it is taking so long for some of these hearings to take place and ways ...
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... Thank you very much . Chairman JACOBS . Thank you , Bill . The next witness is from Baltimore , Md . , Ms. Griffin , and Ms. Rangel from Alexandria , Va . We are very pleased to call you for- ward . We know you ladies are not ...
... Thank you very much . Chairman JACOBS . Thank you , Bill . The next witness is from Baltimore , Md . , Ms. Griffin , and Ms. Rangel from Alexandria , Va . We are very pleased to call you for- ward . We know you ladies are not ...
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... Thank you . Chairman JACOBS . Thank you , Ms. Griffin . Ms. Griffin , I believe this is your daughter ? Ms. GRIFFIN . My daughter . Chairman JACOBS . Ms. Rangel . STATEMENT OF GEORGIA RANGEL , ALEXANDRIA , VA . Ms. RANGEL . I have a ...
... Thank you . Chairman JACOBS . Thank you , Ms. Griffin . Ms. Griffin , I believe this is your daughter ? Ms. GRIFFIN . My daughter . Chairman JACOBS . Ms. Rangel . STATEMENT OF GEORGIA RANGEL , ALEXANDRIA , VA . Ms. RANGEL . I have a ...
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... cannot apply themselves , and maybe have a kit to guide a person , because I would have given up , without Legal Aid . Thank you . [ The prepared statement follows : ] Testimony of Georgia Rangel May 2 , 1991 My name 10.
... cannot apply themselves , and maybe have a kit to guide a person , because I would have given up , without Legal Aid . Thank you . [ The prepared statement follows : ] Testimony of Georgia Rangel May 2 , 1991 My name 10.
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Page 3 - OF REQUESTS TO BE HEARD: Requests to be heard at the hearing must be made by telephone to Traci Altman or Bradley Schreiber at (202) 225-1721 no later than the close of business, Tuesday, March 11, 1997.
Page 3 - Subcommittee may not be able to accommodate all requests to be heard. Those persons and organizations not scheduled for an oral appearance are encouraged to submit written statements for the record of the hearing. All persons requesting to be heard, whether they are scheduled for oral testimony or not, will be notified as soon as possible after the filing deadline. Witnesses scheduled to present oral testimony are required to summarize briefly their written statements in no more than five minutes....
Page 3 - All persons requesting to be heard, whether they are scheduled for oral testimony or not, will be notified as soon as possible after the filing deadline. Witnesses scheduled to present oral testimony are requested to briefly summarize their written statements.
Page 3 - ... they are scheduled for oral testimony or not, will be notified as soon as possible after the filing deadline. Witnesses scheduled to present oral testimony are required to summarize briefly their written statements in no more than five minutes. The Five-Minute Rule Will Be Strictly Enforced. The full written statement of each witness will be included in the printed record, in accordance with House Rules.
Page 60 - Approximately 50% of appeals taken to an ALJ hearing result in the award of benefits. The fourth, and final, level of administrative review is to the Social Security Appeals Council. This twenty member body, created by regulation, and chaired by the Associate...
Page 65 - If the conflict persists, the state agency's medical personnel should assume primary responsibility for evaluating the record with respect to the medical issues and for making a determination based on that record. (c) As part of this process, independent medical experts, or panels of experts, should be identified and retained for use as examining and nonexamining consultants, as appropriate. 4. Notice of deficiencies in medical evidence. SSA should require that claimants be informed specifically...
Page 63 - Second, medical sources are used to provide evidence of disability In Individual cases and to explain or elaborate upon medical evidence obtained from other sources. Medical sources provide evidence relating to individual claims to state agencies at the initial decision and reconsideration levels, to administrative law judges at the hearing level, and to the Appeals Council. Requests can be made to the claimant's treating physician or 1 If it is thought that current law precludes such a State Department...
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Page 101 - ... Mr. KEARNEY. I have no questions. Mr. WOOD. Mr. Jackson? Mr. JACKSON. I have no questions, Mr. Chairman, but have one request, and that is to file as a part of the record the brief of the American Bar Association on Communism and Marxism-Leninism, its Aims, Purposes, Objectives and Practices, and a resolution of the American Bar Association adopted by the house of delegates of the American Bar Association in February 1951, when it was resolved that the American Bar Association recommends that...