Senate Investigates Quality of ALJ Decisions
People going through a Social Security disability appeal have enough to worry about without the Senate sniffing around and trying to mess things up, but that seems to be exactly what’s happening right now in Washington.
Just a few months ago, a Senate Subcommittee held a hearing where they argued that judges failed to address “insufficient, contradictory, or incomplete evidence,” held “perfunctory” hearings, allowed evidence to be turned in “late,” and “misused” medical listings.
Now, it’s not unusual for the government to look at how they’re doing things and try to make improvements. The problem with this particular “investigation” is that it focused solely on cases where claimants won and received benefits.
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Poor Procedure or Too Many Successful Claims?
As an Social Security Disability Claims lawyer who frequently handles Social Security disability appeal cases, I would love to see genuine reform of the way that hearing judges make decisions, because too many of my clients have been hurt by mistake in the system.
The problem with this hearing, though, is that the Senators are only attacking the favorable decisions. Why else would they only look at cases where the claimant won? Surely they could have found just as many “problems” and “inconsistencies” in cases that were decided against people seeking benefits, but drawing attention to that would be admitting that they made mistakes and should be giving out more Social Security disability benefits.
All of this is just another reason why it’s so important to have a legal expert fighting on your side. Contact Texas Social Security Disability lawyers Marc Whitehead & Associates, today and work with lawyers experienced in handling Social Security disability appeal cases.
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