Social Security disability - why not conferencing and collaboration at the reconsideration level?

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8675096.post-17261132685007008612007-07-04T12:52:00.000-04:002007-07-04T13:07:17.468-04:00Social Security disability - why not conferencing and collaboration at the reconsideration level?

Decision makers at SSA’s first level of appellate review (“reconsideration” in most states) find it hard to assess claimants’ credibility and subjective symptoms because they do not see the claimant. Therefore cases which turn on these questions tend to get passed upstairs to Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) instead of being awarded by reconsideration level decision makers. These cases typically

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