Recommendation 2013-1 – Improving Consistency in Social Security Disability Adjudication identifies ways to improve the adjudication of Social Security disability benefits claims before administrative law judges and the Social Security Administration’s Appeals Council, suggests changes to the evaluation of opinion evidence from medical professionals, and encourages the SSA to enhance data capture and reporting. As announced in the Unified Agenda, the Administration is working on proposed regulations that would implement much of this recommendation.
Citation: Admin. Conf. of the U.S., Recommendation 2013-1, Improving Consistency in Social Security Disability Adjudication, 78 Fed. Reg. 41352 (July 10, 2013).
The Administrative Conference of the United States (Conference) has undertaken many studies over the years relating to the Social Security disability benefits system.[1] It has issued a number of recommendations specifically directed at improving the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) initial application and appeals processes,[2] as well as other recommendations more generally designed to improve agency adjudicatory...
The Social Security Administration revised its rules on evaluating medical evidence in 2017 in accord with Recommendation 2013-1. SSA has implemented other aspects of Recommendation 2013-1, including further developing its quality-review program and expanding its program to temporarily rotate administrative law judges onto the Appeals Council.
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