The physician’s role in determining disability

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 565-566

  Sutton, Thomas D ^a  

^a Law Office of Jess Leventhal   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030226996     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02599610     Document Type: Editorial

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3. Sullivan v. Zebley, 110 S. Ct. 885 (1990). The author helped to represent over 450,000 disabled children in this nationwide class action.
4. 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1.
5. 20 C.F.R. §§404.1520, 416.920.
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7. See,e.g., Lester v. Chater, 69 F.3d 1453 (9th Cir. 1995).
8. 20 C.F.R. §§404.1527, 416.927.