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Social Security Administration Final Rule Fully Implements Office of the Chairman Guidance
In the fall of 2012, the Office of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference issued a report to the Social Security Administration (SSA) examining the submission of evidence in disability cases and providing principles to guide the agency as it considered revising its regulations. On February 20, 2014, SSA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which relied, in significant part, on the 2012 report. For a detailed description of the NPRM, see my previous blog post. On March 20, 2015, SSA issued a Final Rule. This final rule fully implemented the Office of the Chairman’s guiding principles by: Read more…
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