We have summarized all reported Social Security and SSI cases decided by the federal District Courts, the Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court since 1990. Beginning in 2022, only decisions from the Circuit Courts of Appeal and U.S. Supreme Court are included. The summaries are divided into over 80 topics, which are listed below.
Purchase Case Summaries
ABSENTEEISM
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
AGE
AIDS/HIV INFECTION
ALCOHOLISM/SUBSTANCE ABUSE
ALIENS
ALJ’S DUTIES
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
APPEALS COUNCIL
APPEALS COUNCIL: NEW EVIDENCE
ARTHRITIS
ATTORNEYS’ FEES
ATTORNEYS’ FEES – EAJA
AUXILIARY BENEFITS
BACK IMPAIRMENTS
CANCER
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
COMBINATION OF IMPAIRMENTS
DIABETES
DIGESTIVE DISORDERS
DISABLED ADULT CHILDREN
DISABLED WIDOWS
EPILEPSY/SEIZURES
FIBROMYALGIA
FRAUD
GARNISHMENT
GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET
GRIDS: Non-Exertional Impairments
GROWTH IMPAIRMENTS
HEADACHES
HEARING LOSS
HEART CONDITIONS
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN
ILLITERACY
INSURED STATUS
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
INTERIM BENEFITS
ISSUE EXHAUSTION
JUDICIAL REVIEW
KERNER DOCTRINE
KNEE IMPAIRMENTS
LACK OF COUNSEL
LATE FILING IN FEDERAL COURT
LATE REQUEST FOR HEARING
LATE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION
LATE REQUEST FOR REVIEW
LAY WITNESS TESTIMONY
LITIGATION DELAY
LUPUS
MANUAL DEXTERITY
MEDICAL ADVISOR
MEDICATIONS
MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS
MISINFORMATION
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT
NON-ACQUIESCENCE
NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING
OBESITY
ONSET DATE
OVERPAYMENTS
OWN-MOTION REVIEW
PAIN
PAST RELEVANT WORK
PRESUMPTION OF DEATH
PRISONERS’ BENEFITS
PRIVACY
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BENEFITS
REMAND v. REVERSAL
REMAND: LOST TAPE
REMAND: “GOOD CAUSE”
REMEDIABILITY
REOPENING
REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE
RES JUDICATA
RESIDUAL FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY
RESPIRATORY IMPAIRMENTS
RETIREMENT TEST
RETROACTIVE APPLICATION
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SEVERITY
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF JOBS
SIT & SQUIRM
SKIN CONDITIONS
SSI: DISABLED CHILDREN
SSI: NON-DISABILITY ISSUES
SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOM EVALUATION
SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION
SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY
TERMINATIONS
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
TRIAL WORK PERIOD
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
VETERANS’ DISABILITY BENEFITS
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS
VOCATIONAL EXPERT TESTIMONY
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
WAIVER OF ISSUES
WEIGHT OF MEDICAL EVIDENCE
WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISION
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION OFFSET
WORKING WHILE DISABLED
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