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Title: Higginbotham v. Barnhart
Author : In the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Release Date : January 31, 2005
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 62 KB

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Today we decide a question of only narrow interest but of significance to some Social Security appeals: Whether, in reviewing the denial of supplemental security income ("SSI") benefits, the courts should consider evidence that the claimant did not present to the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"), but submitted for the first time to the Appeals Council, which accepted and considered the evidence but denied review of the ALJ decision. The Commissioner of Social Security argues that it should not be considered because it is not part of the Commissioners "final decision."