Social Security Disability Advocate's Handbook. Volume 1 - 2014

Preliminary Sections

• Preliminary Sections
• About the Author

Contents

• Introduction
• Standards of Review and Federal Court Remedies
• Topical and Sequential Evaluation Outlines
• SSR 96-1p: Application by the Social Security Administration (SSA) of Federal Circuit Court and District Court Decisions
• SSR 96-2p: Giving Controlling Weight to Treating Source Medical Opinions
• SSR 96-3p: Considering Allegations of Pain and Other Symptoms in Determining Whether a Medically Determinable Impairment Is Severe
• SSR 96-4p: Symptoms, Medically Determinable Physical and Mental Impairments, and Exertional and Nonexertional Limitations
• SSR 96-5p: Medical Source Opinions on Issues Reserved to the Commissioner
• SSR 96-6p: Consideration of Administrative Findings of Fact by State Agency Medical and Psychological Consultants and Other Program Physicians and Psychologists at the Administrative Law Judge and Appeals Council Levels of Administrative Review; Medical Equivalence
• SSR 96-7p: Evaluation of Symptoms in Disability Claims: Assessing the Credibility of an Individual's Statements
• SSR 96-8p: Assessing Residual Functional Capacity in Initial Claims
• SSR 96-9p: Determining Capability to Do Other Work - Implications of a Residual Functional Capacity for Less Than a Full Range of Sedentary Work
• The Role of Reliable Vocational Information at the Social Security Administration
• The Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Structure, History, Reliability, and Validity
• Other Sources of Vocational Data

Appendices

• Standards of Review and Federal Court Remedies
• Other Sources of Vocational Data