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Gain an Advantage at the Reconsideration Level: Helpful Strategies for SSD Representatives
Many Social Security Disability representatives in protype states are experiencing an additional level of the appeals process: the...


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Supporting Pain, Fatigue, and Depression in Social Security Disability Claims
Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) and Social Security Administration (SSA) adjudicators appreciate objective medical evidence because it...


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How to Use a Client’s Body Mass Index to Win Social Security Disability
In certain situations, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) policies allow adjudicators to use a claimant’s body mass index (BMI)...


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Examining the Reconsideration Level, Part 3: Quantity at the Reconsideration Level—Temporary Hiring
​This is Part 3 of the series Examining the Reconsideration Level. Read Part 1: Trust at the Reconsideration Level—Challenges and...


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Examining the Reconsideration Level, Part 2: Quality at the Reconsideration Level—Challenges and Sol
This is Part 2 of the series Examining the Reconsideration Level. Read Part 1: Trust at the Reconsideration Level—Challenges and...


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Examining the Reconsideration Level, Part 1: Trust at the Reconsideration Level—Challenges and Solut
This is Part 1 of the series Examining the Reconsideration Level. Read Part 2: Quality at the Reconsideration Level—Challenges and...


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Improving the Reconsideration Appeals Process
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is reinstating the reconsideration level appeals process for the 10 prototype states by the end of


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Understanding How to Use the Framework of the Medical-Vocational Grid Rules to Win More Cases
It’s important to know a Social Security Disability adjudicator can find the disability claimant is disabled, even if the...


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Sustaining Quality and Productivity in the Social Security Disability Industry
There are a number of strategies for sustaining quality work, including adding value, being active in the SSD community, providing Social Se
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