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Administrative Law Judges Sue Social Security Administration Over QuotasIn a federal lawsuit filed on April 18, 2013, the Association of Administrative Law Judges challenged the Social Security Administration and its imposition of an agency-wide quota requiring all...
EFFECTIVE DATE AND VA CLAIMS FOR HEARING LOSSIn the case of Swain v. McDonald, No. 14-0947, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) reversed a Board of Veterans' Appeals' (Board) decision which assigned an incorrect effective date for Veteran's claim for...
Vocational Expert Testimony in a Social Security Disability HearingVocational Expert testimony appears in almost every hearing involving Social Security disability benefits. A Vocational Expert (VE) is an independent contractor with the Social Security Administration...
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSOften times, clients ask if applying for and receiving unemployment benefits will affect his or her claim for Social Security disability. The short answer is yes. Social Security policy, however, indicates that...
