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TOPICS - "C"		Mo.	Pg.	Year
CANCER
Listings Extended: Growth Impairments, Musculoskeletal, Special Senses and Speech, Cardiovascular, Digestive System, Genito-Urinary System, Hemic and Lymphatic System, Skin, Endocrine System, Multiple Body Systems, Neurological, Mental Disorders, Neoplastic Diseases, Immune System		JUL-AUG	5	2001
SSA Proposes Extensive Revisions to Several Listings: Musculoskeletal; Digestive Diseases; Hemic and Lymphatic; Skin; Malignant Neoplastic		DEC	1	2001
CARDIOVASCULAR IMPAIRMENTS
Expiration Date for Several Listings Extended		DEC	2	1999
Listings Extended: Growth Impairments, Musculoskeletal, Special Senses and Speech, Cardiovascular, Digestive System, Genito-Urinary System, Hemic and Lymphatic System, Skin, Endocrine System, Multiple Body Systems, Neurological, Mental Disorders, Neoplastic Diseases, Immune System		JUL-AUG	5	2001
Parent v. Halter, 153 F.Supp.2d 1090 (W.D.Mo. 2001)		DEC	18	2001
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Lowe v. Apfel, 226 F.3d 969 (8th Cir. 2000)		DEC	15	2000
Horbock v. Barnhart, 210 F.Supp.2d 125		DEC	25	2002
Anderson v. Massanari, 210 F.Supp.2d 103 (D.Conn. 2002)		DEC	25	2002
CHILD SUPPORT
SSI Policy Change on Treatment of Child Support Arrearage Payments (Scrivens v. Barnhart)		AUG	7	2002
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
Reddick v. Chater, 157 F.3d 715 (9th Cir. 1998)		FEB	20	1999
Olson v. Apfel, 17 F.Supp.2d 783 (N.D.Ill. 1998)		APR	11	1999
Dornack v. Apfel, 49 F.Supp.2d 1129 (D. Minn. 1999)		DEC	25	1999
Svatos v. Apfel, 44 F.Supp.2d 1113 (D.Or. 1999)		JAN	33	2000
McGraw v. Apfel, 87 F.Supp.2d 845 (N.D.Ond. 1999)		JUN	24	2000
Lewis v. Massanari, 176 F.Supp.2d 1283 (S.D.Ala. 2001)		APR	21	2002
CFS Manual Available Online
CLASS ACTIONS
Court Hears Testimony on Confusing SSI Notices (Ford v. Apfel)		JAN	1	1999
Oregon Class Action Challenging DDS Practice Settles (Sorenson v. Weeks)		APR	4	1999
Class Action Challenges SGA Policy On Subsidies from Public and Private Programs (Innerebner v. Apfel)		APR	10	1999
Correction, Class Action Challenges SGA Policy On Subsidies from Public and Private Programs		MAY	2	1999
Hyatt Class Member Entitled to Benefits Since 1981		OCT	48	1999
Court Finds SSI Notice Violate Due Process Requirements (Ford v. Shalala)		OCT	48	1999
Class Action for Attorney Fees Under 42 U.S.C. § 406(a)		FEB	4	2000
Judge Orders Action on Stalled Stieberger Reviews		FEB	6	2000
Class Action on Appeals Council Notices is filed: Intervenors Sought (Mosley o/b/o Ulmer v. Apfel, 98-CV-6652)		APR	26	2000
Ford v. Shalala, 87 F.Supp.2d 163 (E.D.N.Y. 1999)		JUN	26	2000
Lawsuit Provides Information on Appeals Council Processing of Subsequent Applications (Rogers v. Apfel)		AUG	7	2000
Class Action Challenging Evaluation of Children Looking for Intervenors (Flores v. Apfel, 00-Civ.3698)		SEP	11	2000
District Court Orders Relief for Claimants Denied by Biased ALJ (Grant v. Commissioner)		OCT	1	2000
California Class Action Challenges Failure to Obtain Treating Source Opinions (Kildare v. Saenz)		JAN	9	2001
Ford Update		MAR	52	2001
Missouri DDS Sued for Failure to Comply with ALJ Development Requests (McDonald v. Massanari)		NOV	3	2001
NOSSCR Challenges User Fee in Court (Parker and NOSSCR v. Massanari and Walker)		NOV	5	2001
Court Dismisses California DDS Class Action (Kildare v. Saenz)		NOV	12	2001
Settlement Agreement Reached in 1988 ALJ Bias Class Action (Grant v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration)		MAR	1	2002
Protections for SSI Claimants (Ford v. Apfel)		APR	14	2002
Ninth Circuit Holds Bank Offset Violates § 407 (Lopez v. Washington Mutual Bank, Inc., Mason v. Sybinski) Note: Later Reversed		APR	18	2002
Supreme Court To Decide Whether the Representative Payee-Creditor Conflict Violates Section 407 (Keffeler v. State of Washington)		JUN	6	2002
Right to Personal Conference in SSI Overpayment Waiver Cases (Greenawalt v. Apfel)		JUL	12	2002
Lopez v. Washington Mutual Bank, Inc., 284 F.3d 990 (9th Cir. 2002)		JUL	20	2002
Letter to the Editor, Re: Keffeler v. State of Washington Dep't of Social and Health Services		AUG	2	2002
SSI Policy Change on Treatment of Child Support Arrearage Payments (Scrivens v. Barnhart)		AUG	7	2002
Ninth Circuit Now Holds That Bank Setoff Does Not Violate Section 407 (Lopez v. Washington Mutual Bank, FA)		AUG	7	2002
Fourth Circuit Limits EAJA fees for Continuing Hyatt Litigation		OCT	8	2002
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Keffeler		DEC	9	2002
COBRA
Late Disability Determination by Social Security Means No COBRA Extension		SEP	14	2000
COMBINATION OF IMPAIRMENTS
Williams v Barnhart, 186 F.Supp.2d 1192 (M.D.Ala. 2002)		OCT	9	2002
COMPUTER
The Internet Connection: Windows Virus Protection: E-Mail Attachments		JUN	3	1999
Practice Tip: SSA's Search Site; Benefit Calculations		JUN	4	1999
The Internet Connection: Speed Thrills		AUG	3	1999
Redesign: GAO Comments on Software		AUG	28	1999
Website Find of the Month: www.ninds.nih.gov		NOV	7	1999
Websites of the Month: for medical information		JAN	3	2000
Websites of the Month: www.nami.org; www.nimh.nih.gov; www.mentalhealth.com		JAN	3	2000
Websites of the Month: medscape.com; www.RxList.com; www.mentalhealth.com		MAR	3	2000
The Internet Connection: Email Anywhere		JUN	3	2000
SSA Introduces New On-Line Retirement Planner		JUN	22	2000
From SSA: Four New On-Line Services		NOV	15	2000
Website of the Month: National Institutes of Health – www.nih.gov		DEC	3	2000
Information Available on "Aging" Conditions: www.agingsociety.org		JAN	9	2001
Website Provides Information on Rare Diseases: www.rarediseases.org		APR	2	2001
Federal Judiciary Holds Hearing on Electronic Access to Court Files		APR	18	2001
POMS On-Line		JUL-AUG	11	2001
House Attorneys Fee hearing Transcript Available Online		SEP	1	2001
The Internet Connection: "Try Atomica"		SEP	8	2001
Social Security in Plain English (www.ssa.gov/glossary.htm)		SEP	11	2001
Proposed Rules Will Explain Internet Filing for Benefits		SEP	15	2001
New On The SSA Web Site		SEP	15	2001
Internet News: 2001 CFR Available; SSA's Emergency Procedure for Disaster Claims; testimony for Social Security Disability Hearing; Board of Veterans' Appeals		OCT	9	2001
GAO Makes Recommendations on SSA Information Technology Management		OCT	9	2001
Internet News: Internet Disability Applications; BMI Calculator		NOV	6	2001
Online Title II Disability Benefits Application Now Available		MAR	11	2002
Online Aid for Benefit Eligibility		APR	7	2002
HALLEX Now on SSA Web Site		JUN	2	2002
Work Incentives Background Material Available online		JUN	10	2002
HALLEX and POMS Now on SSA Web Site		JUL	2	2002
What's New at SSA Online		JUL	12	2002
CONCURRENT CASES
Letter to the Editor: Title II Claimants Filing XVI Applications		NOV	2	2000
SSA Discovers 130,000 SSI Recipients Who Are Insured for SSDI		SEP	6	2001
SSI Overpayments Now Can Be Collected From Title II Benefits		SEP	9	2001
GAO report: "SSA Disability: Enhanced Procedures and Guidance Could Improve Service and Reduce Overpayments to Concurrent Beneficiaries" GAO-02-802 (Sept. 2002)		SEP	13	2002
CONGRESS
U.S. House of Representatives, 106th Congress Roster: Committee on Ways and Means – Subcommittees on Social Security and Human Resources		JAN	6	1999
SSI “Anti-Fraud” Bill Introduced in House of Representatives		FEB	1	1999
Senate Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy and Subcommittee on Health Care		MAY	3	1999
Washington Update - Senate Passes Work Incentives Bill By Unanimous Vote		JUN	1	1999
Washington Update: SSI “Anti-Fraud” Provisions Pass the House in Bipartisan Vote		JUL	1	1999
Legislative Update: Work Incentives Improvement Act; SSI “Anti-Fraud” Bill		SEP	21	1999
House Ways and Means Committee Votes for User Fee		OCT	1	1999
6.3% User fee on Attorney's Fees Enacted		NOV	1	1999
House Subcommittees Hold Disability Oversight Hearings		NOV	1	1999
House Overwhelmingly Passes Work Incentives Legislation		NOV	13	1999
User Fee Effective February 1, 2000		DEC	1	1999
Text and Conference Agreement, § 406		DEC	3	1999
President Signs SSI "Anti-Fraud" Provisions Into Law (P.L. 106-169, 113 Stat. 1822)		DEC	12	1999
House Subcommittee Moves Forward to Repeal Retirement Earnings Limit		FEB	1	2000
SSA's Budget Caps Limit its Capacity - House Subcommittee Hearing		APR	16	2000
Earnings Limit for Older Workers Repealed		APR	17	2000
House Ways and Means Subcommittee Holds hearing on SSA's Ability to Meet Service Delivery Needs		APR	25	2000
House Holds Hearing on Processing of Attorneys Fees		JUN	1	2000
Timeliness Provision for Fee Payment Introduced		JUN	1	2000
Representative Payee Misuse Addressed in Congressional Hearings		JUN	22	2000
House Subcommittee Passes Nonacquiescence Legislation		AUG	8	2000
House Holds Hearing on Future Challenges Facing the Social Security Disability Programs		AUG	8	2000
Adding a Timeliness Provision to the User Fee		SEP	2	2000
House Subcommittee Passes Representative Payee Reforms		SEP	14	2000
Attorneys' Fees Legislation Stalls		OCT	3	2000
Congressional Hearing Addresses Ongoing Problems With SSA Notices		OCT	8	2000
Congress Passes Laws to Improve Veterans Benefits Claims Process		OCT	55	2000
Commissioner Apfel Warns of Lowered Performance Expectations		DEC	10	2000
New Law Eliminates 24-Month Medicare Waiting Period for Individuals with ALS		JAN	10	2001
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittees on Social Security and Human Resources		FEB	8	2001
House Ways and Means Subcommitee Holds Hearing on Implementation of Return to Work Legislation		MAR	1	2001
User Fee: Comments by Congressman Shaw		APR	1	2001
Bill Introduced to Eliminate Title II and Medicare Waiting Periods		APR	9	2001
"SSI Modernization Act of 2001" Proposes Improvements to SSI Program		APR	13	2001
Social Security Subcommittee holds Hearing on Social Security's Processing of Attorney Fees		MAY	1	2001
Congressional Hearings Address Payment of Improper Benefits		MAY	4	2001
Congressional Hearing Addresses Challenges In Social Security Disability Program		JUL-AUG	12	2001
House Attorneys Fee Hearing Transcript Available Online		SEP	1	2001
Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing for SSA Commissioner		OCT	4	2001
Internet News: Testimony for Social Security Disability Hearing		OCT	9	2001
Attorneys' Fee Legislation Introduced		NOV	1	2001
Hearing Held on SSA's Response to September 11 Terrorist Attacks		NOV	1	2001
Bills Propose "Medicare-Only" ALJs		NOV	12	2001
Fee Legislation Pending in the House		DEC	3	2001
Attorneys' Fees Update: Fee Cap Increase to $5300 effective February 1; 2002 User Fee Continues at 6.3%; ALJ Fee Authority Raised; H.R. 3332 Gains Cosponsors		JAN	1	2002
House Hearing on Challenges for SSA Commissioner Postponed		FEB	1	2002
CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEWS
Johnson v. Apfel, 191 F.3d 770 (7th Cir. 1999)		APR	28	2000
Tange v. Apfel, 205 F.3d 1084 (8th Cir. 2000)		MAY	18	2000
Continuing Disability Reviews for Claimants Found Disabled Under Listing § 9.09		AUG	9	2000
Ply v. Massanari, 251 F.3d 777 (8th Cir. 2001)		JUL-AUG	21	2001
Disability Determinations and Appeals FY 2000 – CDRs		DEC	21	2001
CDR Changes Under the Ticket to Work Act		AUG	9	2002

TOPICS - "D"		Mo.	Pg.	Year
DAILY ACTIVITIES / HOUSEHOLD CHORES
Vertigan v. Halter, 260 F.3d 1044 (9th Cir. 2001)		oct	16	2001
DEBT COLLECTION
Did You Know . . . Debt Collection		MAR	58	2001
SSI Overpayments Now Can be Collected from Title II Benefits		SEP	9	2001
Final Rule Addresses Recovery of SSI Overpayments		JAN	12	2002
Title II Benefits and Student Loan Collection		APR	12	2002
Practice Tip: Student Loan Collection Disability Discharge		DEC	9	2002
DECEASED CLAIMANTS / SURVIVORS BENEFITS
Processing Claims For Deceased Claimants: Title II and SSI		AUG	10	2000
Query, Re: Survivors' Benefits		MAR	2	2001
Can You Believe This?		JUL-AUG	11	2001
Report on Benefits for Survivors of September 11 Attacks		APR	4	2002
DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES
See Also, Vocational Expert Testimony
Current Status of DOT and O*NET		JUL	4	1999
The Continuing Conflict Between Vocational Expert Testimony and the Dictionary of Occupational Titles		NOV	15	1999
Letter to the Editor, Re: Vocational Expert Testimony and the D.O.T. (Cline v. Chater, No. 95-2076, 1996 WL 189021 (4th Cir. April 19, 1996)		APR	3	2000
SSA Issues AR 00-3(10) on VE testimony vs. DOT		JUL	15	2000
Future of the DOT and use of O*NET		DEC	1	2000
New Ruling Clarifies When VE Testimony Conflicts with the DOT (AR 00-3(10))		DEC	1	2000
OHA Reminders: SSR 00-4p: Use of the Vocational Expert, Vocational Specialist Evidence and DOT in Disability Adjudications		FEB	6	2002
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Expiration Date for Several Listings Extended		DEC	2	1999
Listings Extended: Growth Impairments, Musculoskeletal, Special Senses and Speech, Cardiovascular, Digestive System, Genito-Urinary System, Hemic and Lymphatic System, Skin, Endocrine System, Multiple Body Systems, Neurological, Mental Disorders, Neoplastic Diseases, Immune System		JUL-AUG	5	2001
Proposed revisions to Digestive Disorder Listings Would Make it Harder to Meet the Listings		NOV	11	2001
DISABILITY FREEZE
What is a Disability "Freeze"		OCT	10	2002
DISABLED ADULT CHILDREN
Walton v. Halter, 243 F.3d 703 (3rd Cir. 2001)		MAY	11	2001
Moore v. Commissioner of SSA, 278 F.3d 920 (9th Cir. 2002)		APR	21	2002
Practice Tip: Medicaid Coverage for Disabled Adult Children		MAY	5	2002
DISABLED CHILDREN
Washington Update: Childhood SSI Program		FEB	4	1999
SSI for Disabled Children: An Update		FEB	5	1999
Statistics on Childhood Applications and Redeterminations		FEB	6-10	1999
Deeming Considerations Where Child Lives with Step-Parent (AR 99-1(2))		FEB	18	1999
Decisions Regarding Expenditures of Dedicated Accounts are Appealable		FEB	19	1999
Diaz on Behalf of Pena v. Apfel, 994 F.Supp. 541 (S.D.N.Y. 1998)		FEB	23	1999
GAO Studies Families’ Ability to Obtain Disability-Related Services for Disabled Children		JUL	14	1999
Helms v. Apfel, 33 F.Supp.2d 1113 (S.D.Iowa 1998)		JUL	19	1999
Conference Addresses SSI Childhood Disability: Changes in final regulations possible		APR	11	2000
SSA Issues Final SSI Childhood Disability Regulations		SEP	1	2000
Did You Know? DAC and Medicaid		SEP	7	2000
Class Action Challenging Evaluation of Children Looking for Intervenors (Flores v. Apfel, 00-Civ.3698)		SEP	11	2000
Slusser ex. Rel. Gill v. Apfel, 85 F.Supp.2d 634 (W.D.Va. 2000)		SEP	17	2000
SSA Studies Evaluate Effect of Welfare Reform on Disability Programs		OCT	53	2000
Is Court Remand Warranted by Final Rules on Childhood SSI Disability?		DEC	8	2000
Commissioner Apfel Warns of Lowered Performance Expectations		DEC	10	2000
Shaft v. Apfel, 100 F.Supp.2d 454 (E.D.Mich. 1999)		DEC	17	2000
Roelandt ex rel. Roelandt v. Apfel, 125 F.Supp.2d 1138 (S.D.Iowa 2001)		MAR	59	2001
SSA Issues Guidance on SSI Childhood Cases		MAY	8	2001
Briggs v. Massanari, 248 F.3d 1235 (10th Cir. 2001)		JUL-AUG	21	2001
Oberts ex rel. Oberts v. Halter, 134 F.Supp.2d 1074 (E.D.Mo. 2001)		SEP	17	2001
Batts ex rel. Batts v. Barnhart, 198 F.Supp.2d 1286 (N.D.Ala. 2002)		OCT	9	2002
Quinchett v. Massanari, 185 F.Supp.2d 845 (S.D.Ohio 2001) (trust)		NOV	1	2002
Practice Tip: Teacher Questionnaire for Childhood SSI Disability		DEC	10	2002
Morales ex rel. Morales v. Barnhart, 218 F.Supp.2d 450 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)		DEC	25	2002
DISABLED WIDOWS/WIDOWERS
Vincent v. Apfel, 191 F.3d 1143 (9th Cir. 1999)		APR	27	2000
Letter to the Editor: Medicaid Eligibility for Disabled Widows/Widowers		DEC	3	2000
Bentley v. Apfel, 106 F.Supp.2d 371 (D.Conn. 2000)		FEB	25	2001
Underpaid Widow(er)s Dually Eligible for Retirement Benefits		APR	3	2002
Bipartisan Bill Expands Benefits for Elderly and Disabled Women		APR	14	2002
Legislative Update: HR 4070, HR 4069		MAY	2	2002
Lewis v. Barnhart, 285 F.3d 1329 (11th Cir. 2002)		AUG	12	2002
DISCOVERY
Proferring Interrogatories		AUG	5	2000
DISMISSAL OF HEARING REQUEST
Can Dismissal of Hearing Request Constitute a Protective Filing? (Rolen v. Commissioner)		OCT	5	1999
OHA Reminder: Issuing Correct, Sustainable Dismissals in Failure to Appear Cases		MAR	56	2001
U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Protect Claimants Misled by Confusing Dismissal Notices (Rolen v. Barnhart)		JUN	7	2002
Supreme Court Denies Review of Dismissal Notices' Constitutionality (Rolen v. Barnhart)		OCT	2	2002
DOWN SYNDROME
Listing for Down Syndrome Proposed		OCT	1	1999
New Listing for Down Syndrome		MAY	15	2000
DURATIONAL REQUIREMENT
Ketcher v. Apfel, 68 F.Supp.2d 629 (D.Md. 1999)		JUN	24	2000
Duration of Impairment		OCT	9	2000
Government Argues that Fourth Circuit Erred in TWP Ruling (Massanari v. Walton)		JUL-AUG	16	2001
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari on Definition of Disability (Massanai v. Walton)		OCT	1	2001
		NOV	13	2001
Walton Argued Before the United States Supreme Court		JAN	1	2002
Supreme Court Rules that Engaging in SGA Within 12 Months of Onset May Bar a Finding of Disability (Barnhart v. Walton)		APR	1	2002
SSA Rescinds Acquiescence Rulings After Walton Decision (AR 88-3(7), AR 92-6(10), AR 98-1(8), AR 0-5(6)		JUN	5	2002

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