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Disability Appeals in Social Security Programs

Lance M. Liebman
January 1, 1985

A 1985 examination of the controversy and difficulties encountered by the Social Security Administration when determining disability and adjudicating appeals. The report presents overviews of the Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income programs and the role judicial review played in those programs.