Old Age and Survivor's Insurance

Evidence, Procedure, and Certification for Payment

Table of Contents

SSR 22-2p: Titles II and XVI: Evaluation of Claims Involving the Issue of Similar Fault in the Providing of Evidence

SSR 22-1p: Titles II and XVI: Fraud and Similar Fault Redeterminations Under Sections 205(u) and 1631(e)(7) of the Social Security Act

SSR 19-3p: Titles II and XVI: Requesting Reconsideration or Hearing by an Administrative Law Judge

SSR 19-1p: Titles II and XVI: Effect of the Decision in Lucia v. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Cases Pending at the Appeals Council

SSR 17-4p: Titles II and XVI: Responsibility for Developing Written Evidence

SSR 17-1p: Titles II and XVI: Reopening Based on Error on the Face of the Evidence — Effect of a Decision By the Supreme Court of the United States Finding a Law That We Applied to Be Unconstitutional

SSR 16-2p: Titles II and XVI: Evaluation of Claims Involving the Issue of Similar Fault in the Providing of Evidence (Rescinded)

SSR 16-1p: Titles II and XVI: Fraud and Similar Fault Redeterminations Under Sections 205(u) and 1631(e)(7) of the Social Security Act (Rescinded)

SSR 13-1p: Titles II and XVI: Agency Processes for Addressing Allegations of Unfairness, Prejudice, Partiality, Bias, Misconduct, or Discrimination by Administrative Law Judges (ALJs)

SSR 04-1p: Attestation as an Alternative Signature

SSR 00-2p: Titles II and XVI: Evaluation of Claims Involving the Issue of "Similar Fault" in the Providing of Evidence (Rescinded)

SSR 96-10p: Policy Interpretation Ruling Electronic Service Delivery

SSR 95-2c: Sections 205(b) and 221(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(b) and 421(d)) Disability — Authority of Appeals Council to Dismiss a Request for Hearing for a Reason for Which the Administrative Law Judge Could Have Dismissed the Request — Res Judicata

SSR 95-1p: Policy Interpretation Ruling — Title II and Title XVI: Finding Good Cause for Missing the Deadline to Request Administrative Review Due to Statements in the Notice of Initial or Reconsideration Determination Concerning the Right to Request Administrative Review and the Option to File a New Application

SSR 92-5c: Sections 205(g) and 1631(c)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(g) and 1383(c)(3)) (28 U.S.C. 2412(d)) Administrative Proceedings on Remand Considered Part of Civil Action for Which Attorney Fees May Be Awarded Under the Equal Access to Justice Act

SSR 92-3c: Sections 205(g) and 1631(c)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(g) and 1383(c)(3)) Timely Filing for Attorney Fees Under the Equal Access to Justice Act

SSR 91-5p: Policy Interpretation Ruling Titles II and XVI: Mental Incapacity and Good Cause for Missing the Deadline to Request Review

SSR 89-6c: Section 205(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(a)) Conviction of Second-Degree Manslaughter — Kentucky — Effect on Entitlement to Survivor's Insurance Benefits

SSR 88-2c: Sections 205(g) and 206(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(g) and 406(a)) Administrative Appeals — Rule Governing the Location of Hearings — Right to Representation by Attorney

SSR 88-1c: Sections 205(g) and 205(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(g) and 405(h)) Judicial Review — Appeal from Administration's Refusal to Reopen Prior Final Decision

SSR 87-23: Section 205(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(a)) Conviction of Voluntary Manslaughter — Ohio — Effect on Entitlement to Child's Insurance Benefits

SSR 87-17: Policy Interpretation Ruling — Title II: Requests for Correction of Earnings Records—the Individual's Responsibility to Provide Evidence to Aid the Social Security Administration's Investigation (Rescinded)

SSR 86-4c: Sections 205(b) and 211 (42 U.S.C. 405(b) and 411) Self-Employment — Evidence — Burden of Proof — Need for Corroborative Evidence of Reported Earnings

SSR 86-3c: Sections 205(b) and (g) and 1631(a)(4) and (c)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(b) and (g) and 1383(a)(4) and (c)(3)) Supplemental Security Income — Emergency Advance Payment Actions — Inapplicability of Administrative and Judicial Review

SSR 85-14: Titles II and XVI: Exceptions to Sending Advance Notice Concerning Representative Payment of Benefits

SSR 84-22c: Section 205(b) (42 U.S.C. 405(b)) Disability — Invalidity of Judicially Imposed Deadlines in the Administrative Appeals Process

SSR 84-21c: Sections 205(g) and 211(a)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(g) and 411(a)(5)(A)); 28 U.S.C. 1291 and 1252 — Judicial Review — Supreme Court Direct Review of District Court Decisions — Constitutionality of a Statute in Issue

SSR 84-10c: Section 205(g) (42 U.S.C. 405(g)) Judicial Review — Appeal from Refusal to Reopen Prior Final Decision

SSR 84-2c: Section 205(c) (42 U.S.C. 405(c)) Self-Employment Income — Correction of Earnings Record After Expiration of Time Limitation

SSR 83-47c: Sections 205(a), 216(i), and 223(d) (42 U.S.C. 405(a), 416(i), and 423(d)) Disability Insurance Benefits — Vocational Factors Regulations — Constitutionality

SSR 83-5a: Sections 205, 216(i), 223(d), and 1614(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 405, 416(i), 423(d), and 1382c(a)(3)) Disability — Medical-Vocational Guidelines — Conclusiveness of Rules

SSR 82-20c: Section 205(c)(42 U.S.C. 405(c)) Self-Employment Income — Correction of Earnings Record After Expiration of Time Limitation

SSR 82-19c: Sections 205(b), (g), and (h) and 206(a) (42 U.S.C. 405(b), (g), and (h) and 406(a)) Judicial Review — Attorney's Fee Fixed by Administration — Constitutionality (Rescinded September 14, 2018 by Federal Register, Vol. 83, No. 179, page 46771)

SSR 82-13: Program for Ongoing Review of Hearing Decisions Pursuant to Section 304(g) of Public Law (P.L.) 96-265 Appeals Council's Review Authority

SSR 81-16: Titles II, XVI and XVIII: Proof-of-Age Requirements for Holocaust Survivors

SSR 81-12c: Section 205(g) (42 U.S.C. 405(g)) Judicial Review — Appeal from Refusal to Reopen Prior Final Decision

SSR 80-29c: Sections 205(c) and 216(i)(3) (42 U.S.C. 405(c) and 416(i)(3)) Nonestoppel of Administration to Require Compliance With Statutory Requirement for Entitlement

SSR 80-10c: Section 205(a) and 205(g) (42 U.S.C. 405(a) and 405(g)) Presumption of Death — Absence for Seven Years Not Unexplained — a Ruling of Nonacquiescence

SSR 79-19: Titles II, XVI and XVIII: Waiver of Personal Appearance at a Hearing

SSR 79-18: Social Security Numbers

SSR 79-3c: Section 205(b) (42 U.S.C. 405(b)) Hearings and Appeals — Selection of Hearings Examiners

SSR 78-20c: Section 205(c) (42 U.S.C. 405(c)) Self-Employment Income — Correction of Earnings Record After Expiration of Time Limitation

SSR 78-6: Proof of Age — New Development

SSR 77-28c: Section 205(g) (42 U.S.C. 405(g) Judicial Review — Appeal from Refusal to Reopen Prior Final Decision

SSR 77-14c: Section 205(a) (42 U.S.C. 405(a)) — Applications — Effective Filing Requirement for Entitlement to Benefits

SSR 77-4: Sections 205 and 1631 (42 USC 405 and 1383) — Hearings and Appeals — Right to Oral Hearing — Inmate of a Prison

SSR 77-3c: Section 205(b) and 210(i) (42 U.S.C. 405(b) and 410(i)) — Hearings and Appeals — Place of Hearing

SSR 76-32c: Section 205(c)(4)(A) (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(4)(A)) Conclusiveness of Earnings Record After Expiration of Time Limitation — Self-Employment Income

SSR 76-23c: Sections 205(g), 221, and 223 (42 U.S.C. 405(g), 421, and 423) — Disability Insurance Benefits — Constitutionality of Termination of Benefits Without Prior Hearing — Appeals Process

SSR 76-14c: Section 205(g) (42 USC 405(g)) — Judicial Review — Referral of Social Security Benefit Cases to United States Magistrates

SSR 75-24c: Sections 205(g) and (h), 216(c)(5) and (e)(2) (42 U.S.C. 405(g) and (h), 416(c)(5) and (e)(2)) — Mother's and Child's Insurance Benefits — Relationship — Constitutionality of Nine-Month Duration of Marriage Requirement — Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies

SSR 75-15c: Section 202(a) and 205(a) (42 U.S.C. 402(a) and 405(a)) — Proof of Age — Evaluation of Conflicting Evidence

SSR 75-3c: Sections 205(c) and 210(j) (42 U.S.C. 405(c) and 410(j)) — Employer-Employee Relationship — Services as Manufacturers' Representative

SSR 74-3a: Sections 205(c), 209 and 210(a)(3)(A) (42 U.S.C. 405(c), 409 and 410(a)(3)(A)). — Employment — Service in Employ of Spouse — Exclusion of Wages — Statute of Limitations — Correction of Earnings Record

SSR 73-45c: Sections 205(g) and 205(h) (42 U.S.C. 405(g) and (h). — Administrative Appeal Rights — Request for Hearing — Time Limitation

SSR 73-44c: Section 205(g) (42 U.S.C. 405(g)). — Judicial Review — Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies — Jurisdiction of Court

SSR 73-15: Sections 205(c)(4)(C); 211(a) (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(4)(C) and 411(a)). — Statute of Limitations — Revision of Earnings Record — Filing of "Tax Return" — Net Earnings from Self-Employment — Interest Income from Contracts of Sale of Realty

SSR 73-12: Sections 205(b) and 210(j)(2) (42 U.S.C. 405(b) and 410(j)(2)). — Employment Relationship — Wages — Validity of Corporate Enterprise

SSR 73-6c: Section 205(c)(5)(H) (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(5)(H)). — Reopening and Revision of Earnings Record After Expiration of Time Limitation — Unreported Wages

SSR 72-54c: Section 205(c)(4) and (5) (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(4) and (5)). — Finality of Decision — Correction of Earnings Record After Expiration of Time Limitation

SSR 72-45c: Sections 205(c)(1) and (4), 210(a)(8)(B) and 223(c) and (d). — Disability Insured Status — Special Age 21 to 31 Provision — Employment for Nonprofit Organization — Constitutionality of Exemption from Coverage

SSR 72-30: Sections 205(c)(5)(H) and 213(a)(2)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(5)(H) and 413(a)(2)(ii)). — Correction of Earnings Record After Expiration of Time Limitation — Maximum Earnings

SSR 72-19c: Sections 202(a) and 205(g) (42 U.S.C. 402(a) and 405(g)). Proof of Age — Evaluation of Evidence — Substantial Evidence

SSR 72-2c: Sections 202(a) and 205(g) (42 U.S.C. 402(a) and 405(g)). — Proof of Age — Substantial Evidence Test — Right to Fair Hearing

SSR 71-53c: Section 205(g). — Disability Insurance Benefits — Hearsay Medical Evidence as "Substantial Evidence" — Use of Medical Advisers

SSR 71-32c: Sections 205(g) and 221(d). — Disability — Judicial Review — Res Judicata

SSR 71-2c: Section 205(b). — Finality of Decision — Reopening for Good Cause — Meaning of "Initial Determination"

SSR 70-31c: Section 205(b). — Finality of Decision — Res Judicata

SSR 69-57c: Section 205(b). — Evidence — Burden of Proof — Presumption of Lack of Wages in Absence of Statement of Employer

SSR 69-37c: Sections 205(b) and 210(j)(2). — Employer-Employee Relationship — Payments from Family Corporation Engaged in Rental of Real Estate, as Wages

SSR 68-58c: Section 205(g). — Judicial Review — Appeal from Administration's Refusal to Reopen Prior Final Decision

SSR 68-57c: Sections 205(g), 216(i), 223. — Judicial Review — Jurisdiction of United States Court of Appeals to Review Remand Order of United States District Court

SSR 68-46c: Section 205(g).—Presumption of Death—Absence for 7 Years Not Unexplained (Rescinded)

SSR 68-17c: Section 205(g). — Judicial Review — Dismissal of Request for Review Not Timely Filed

SSR 68-12a: Sections 205(a), 216(i) and 223. — Finality of Decision — New and Material Evidence of Disability — Res Judicata

SSR 68-8: Section 205(b). — Time Limitation for Filing Request for Hearing — Extension for Good Cause

SSR 67-39c: Section 205(g). — Judicial Review — Appeal from Administration's Refusal to Reopen Prior Final Decision

SSR 67-38a: Sections 202(a), 205(a) and 205(b). Proof of Age — Federal Census Records as Evidence

SSR 66-30: Sections 202(a) and 205(c). — Finality of Decision — Correction of Earnings Record After Expiration of Time Limitation — Revision of Benefit Rate

SSR 66-19c: Sections 205(b) and (g) and 206(a). — Judicial Review — Attorney's Fee Fixed by Administration (Rescinded September 14, 2018 by Federal Register, Vol. 83, No. 179, page 46771)

SSR 66-8: Section 205(c) — Correction of Earnings Record

SSR 65-50: Sections 202(d); 202(g); and 205(a). — Fact and Date of Death — Body Not Recovered

SSR 65-42c: Section 205(c). — Statute of Limitations — Correction of Earnings Record

SSR 65-34c: Sections 202(a) and 205(g). — Proof of Age — Effect of Court Decree on Finding of Secretary

SSR 65-26c: Section 205(g). — Appeal Rights — Request for Hearing — Time Limitation

SSR 65-25: Section 205(a). — Felonious Homicide — Effect of Executive Clemency After Conviction

SSR 65-7c: Sections 205(b) and (g) and 221(d). — Judicial Review — Dismissal of Request for Hearing — Res Judicata

SSR 64-22c: Section 205(g). — Judicial Review — Appeal from Administration's Refusal to Reopen Prior Final Decision

SSR 63-41: Section 205(b); 221(d). — Right to Hearing

SSR 62-62c. Effect of Court Order on Findings of the Secretary

SSR 62-28. Time Limitation for Correction of Worker's Earnings Record

SSR 62-11. Correction of Earnings Record — Evidence of Wages

SSR 60-21. Fact and Date of Death — Death by Drowning

SSR 60-6. Involuntary Manslaughter Where Such Crime is Misdemeanor Under Applicable State Law


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