Following a favorable decision

AuthorThomas E. Bush
Pages953-1058
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CHAPTER 4
FOLLOWING A FAVORABLE DECISION
§400 CHECK THE DECISION AND CONTACT YOUR CLIENT
§401 Favorable Decision Checklist
§402 Form: Favorable Decision Summary/Worksheet
§403 Sample: Letter to Title II Claimant After Receipt of Favorable Decision
§404 Sample: Letter to Concurrent Claimant After Receipt of Favorable Decision
§404.1 Sample: Letter to Concurrent Claimant After Receipt of Favorable Decision—SSI Stops
§404.2 Sample: Letter to SSI-Only Claimant After Receipt of Favorable Decision
§405 Sample: Letter to Social Security Off‌ice Requesting Copies of SSI Notices
§406 Sample: Letter to ALJ re: Failure to Issue Order Approving or Disapproving Fee Agreement
§407 Sample: Notice of Intent to File Fee Petition
§408 The Bad Address Problem
§409 Amending the Decision
§410 PECULIAR PROBLEMS IN CONCURRENT CASES
§411 The Odd Way That SSA Processes SSI When There Are Concurrent Applications
§412 Check for SSI Eligibility During the Five-Month Waiting Period During Which No Social Security
Disability Benef‌its Are Payable
§413 Determining SSI Eligibility After the Five-Month Waiting Period
§414 Consider the State Supplement
§415 The Impact of Welfare Recoupment
§416 The Strange Case of the SSI Eligible Couple
§417 What Is the Lawyer’s Duty to Advise Withdrawing an SSI Application?
§418 Form: Request for Withdrawal of Application (SSA-521)
§419 SSI Benef‌its Should Be Recalculated After Payment of Attorney Fees
§420 SSI ISSUES
§421 SSI Income: Anything in Cash or In-Kind
§422 In-Kind Support and Maintenance
§423 The One-Third Reduction Rule: Living in Another Person’s Household
§424 The Presumed Value Rule
§425 Informal Cash and In-Kind Loans
§426 POMS SI 01120.220D—Policy—Requirements for a Bona Fide Informal Loan
§427 POMS SI 00835.482A and B—Loans of In-Kind Support and Maintenance
§428 Retrospective Budgeting
§429 Installment Payment of SSI Back Benef‌its
FOLLOWING A
FAVORABLE DECISION
Social Security Disability Practice 4-2
§430 CALCULATING THE AMOUNT OF BACK BENEFITS
§431 Form: Past-Due Benef‌its or Attorney Fees Worksheet
§432 Date of Entitlement
§433 Claimant’s Benef‌it Amount
§434 Auxiliary Benef‌its
§435 Closed Period
§436 Disabled Widow(er)’s Benef‌its
§437 Workers’ Compensation and Public Disability Benef‌it Offset
§438 Only Certain Public Disability Benef‌its Are Included in the Offset Calculation
§439 Suspension of Payment When the Claimant Goes to Jail
§440 PAYMENT ISSUES
§441 When It Takes Too Long for Benef‌its to Be Paid
§442 Dealing With SSA by Telephone
§443 Underpayments
§444 Chart: OCO Baltimore Telephone and Fax Numbers
§445 Chart: Program Service Center Addresses and SSN Jurisdiction
§446 Chart: Program Service Center Phone Numbers
§450 FLEEING FELONS
§460 POSTENTITLEMENT ISSUES
§461 Memorandum to Claimant Re: Working Part-Time After You’ve Been Found Disabled by SSA
§470 OVERPAYMENTS
§471 A Legal Challenge to the Overpayment—Appeal
§472 Request Waiver of the Overpayment
§473 Fault
§474 Defeat the Purposes of Title II/Title XVI
§475 Against Equity and Good Conscience
§476 Overpayment Waiver Questionnaire
§477 Form: Request for Waiver of Overpayment Recovery (SSA-632)
§478 Changing the Overpayment Recovery Rate
§479 Form: Request for Change in Overpayment Recovery Rate (SSA-634)
§480 CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEW AND TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS
§481 Benef‌it Continuation
§482 Face-to-Face Reconsideration Hearings
§483 The Continuing Disability Review Evaluation Process—Overview
§484 Chart: CDR Evaluation Process Summary Chart From POMS DI 28005.010
§485 Points of Comparison and Cessation Month
§485.1 Chart: Cessation Month POMS DI 28005.205
§486 Is There Medical Improvement?
§487 Is Medical Improvement Related to Ability to Work?
§488 Exceptions to Medical Improvement
§489 When Medical Improvement Is Found Related to Ability to Work
§489.1 Chart: Is DAA Material? From POMS DI 28005.040
§490 Cessation of Benef‌its Because of Performance of Substantial Gainful Activity
§491 Recipient Eligible for Trial Work Period?
§492 Will SSA Conduct Medical Review During Trial Work Period?
§493 At Conclusion of Trial Work Period
§494 Extended Period of Eligibility/Reentitlement Period
§495 Expedited Reinstatement
§496 Working SSI Recipients
FOLLOWING A
FAVORABLE DECISION
4-3 Following a Favorable Decision §401
§400 CHECK THE DECISION AND CONTACT YOUR CLIENT
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ινφρα   

ινφρα
§401 Favorable Decision Checklist
 Σεεινφρα
 
 
   Σεε  

    

 
    
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    
Σεεσυπρα.
 
 
 
 

    
Σεε ♣508, ινφρα.
    
Σεε ινφρα.
 Σεεινφρα.
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