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Post by hopefalj on Jul 11, 2013 12:30:47 GMT -5
I saw that email today and thought of you immediately, bartleby. Not sure what that says about me.
We'll see how this plays out. I've never had a huge problem filling in the gaps of the "B" criteria, opinion evaluation, or credibility factors.
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Post by moopigsdad on Jul 11, 2013 13:10:10 GMT -5
It would be so much easier if we could just say, "Liar, liar pants on fire.", but nooooo. Bartleby, there is no doubt such a decision would work well in many cases. However, it would be just as nice to say "pay the claimant" and be done on those that deserve benefits.
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Post by bartleby on Jul 11, 2013 13:16:56 GMT -5
Concur.
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Post by belle on Jul 11, 2013 13:20:27 GMT -5
It would be so much easier if we could just say, "Liar, liar pants on fire.", but nooooo. Bartleby, there is no doubt such a decision would work well in many cases. However, it would be just as nice to say "pay the claimant" and be done on those that deserve benefits.
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Post by belle on Jul 11, 2013 13:23:12 GMT -5
Bartleby, there is no doubt such a decision would work well in many cases. However, it would be just as nice to say "pay the claimant" and be done on those that deserve benefits. You can & it's called a bench decision, unless I've missed it & those are no longer done. Sorry for the double post.
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Post by tripper on Jul 11, 2013 13:33:55 GMT -5
I'm not holding my breath on any change in the ALJs' instructions.
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Post by bartleby on Jul 11, 2013 14:00:04 GMT -5
belle, The worm, she turns... Last week, one of the Judges in my office, a good one, showed me a Bench Decision that had been remanded by the Appeals Council on self-review and she had to have a supplemental hearing on it. They said she didn't have enough rationale in it... Duh... Bench Decision... One page decision??? What is going on in this world of ODAR?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2013 14:03:28 GMT -5
To be honest, I prefered a happy or sad face--it allowed me to take ownership of the decision. It was way better than some of the convoluted instructions that I often got which required clarification. Lets face it, each file can be a denial or a favorable. I usually listened to the hearing, went through the file and took notes on a legal pad and then took to writing. If you develop a system you could do a tough denial in a day.
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Post by mcb on Jul 11, 2013 17:26:28 GMT -5
Now, more on topic of the thread: I have heard Chief Judge Bice say more than once that SSA is simply waiting for the authority to hire 20-30 ALJ's sometime this fall. So, it appears the cert from the previous registry may not be dead after all. I can't imagine OPM getting their act together fast enough to have a "new" registry going by September. But, I've been wrong before....(like when I accepted a job with ODAR). From the AALJ website: "DCOSS Glenn Sklar told the aljs at the agency alj conference on Tuesday that he expected 75-85 aljs to retire this fy and that a class of 20-30 was hoped to be authorized. I also overheard another senior official say that she had a certificate and needed authorization to hire." .
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Post by tmgesq on Jul 11, 2013 18:43:12 GMT -5
I hope so bc it's my only hope now?
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