Old Age and Survivor's Insurance
Evidence, Procedure, and Certification for Payment
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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Evidence (Rescinded)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1631(e)(7) of the Social Security Act (Rescinded)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Evidence (Rescinded)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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