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ROLEN v. BARNHART

Government Benefits
Notice that Social Security applicant could review adverse decision as to his disability but failed to notify him he could re-apply for benefits does...

FERGUSON v. PRINCIPI

Government Benefits
38 USC 7292 does not provide an appellate court with jurisdiction where a statute is unambiguous on its face, the parties did not argue for differing...

WHITE v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
Administrative law judge may disregard a treating physician's conclusions that disability applicant could not work where the conclusions were not...

FREEMAN UNITED COAL MINING CO. v. SUMMERS

Government Benefits
Under the Black Lung Benefits Reform Act, 30 USC 911 et seq., a miner who intermittently labored underground or in buildings located atop subterranean...

JEFFERSON v. PRINCIPI

Government Benefits
Under 8 USC 7292, Board of Veteran's Appeals finding that plaintiff did not have heart disease is a finding of fact not reviewable on appeal even if...

DIXON v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
The fact that applicant was granted disability status after reaching a certain age does not make prior rulings that she was not disabled prior to...

BURTON v. TAMPA HOUSING AUTH.

Government Benefits
A public housing authority may evict ignorant tenants, under 42 USC 1437d(l)(6), when the tenant, any member of the tenant's household, or any guest...

REED v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
An administrative law judge may not deny a Social Security applicant a consultative examination based on a belief that available specialists are...

HOLMSTROM v. MASSANARI

Government Benefits
In determining whether applicant had residual function capacity, evidence that applicant needed to lie down several times a day is sufficient to...

ARENAS v. SAN DIEGO COUNTY BD. OF SUPERVISORS

Government Benefits
A county ordinance that bars all persons convicted of drug-related felonies from obtaining general relief benefits conflicts with Welf. & Inst....