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BASIENTE v. GLICKMAN

Government Benefits
Under the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, 8 USC 1601 et seq., the Secretary of Agriculture's notification to congress of a proposed action to waive...

RODRIGUEZ v. IBP, INC.

Evidence, Government Benefits
42 USC 1306(a) does not prohibit an applicant from disclosing information about his own application for Social Security benefits, especially in a...

GOWELL v. APFEL

Government Benefits
Claimant's inconsistent statements and prognosis from treating physicians that claimant could work supported administrative law judge's reasons for...

BENAVIDEZ v. DEPT. OF THE NAVY

Government Benefits
Merit Systems Protection Board lacks jurisdiction over civil service employee's attempt to change retirement status where petitioner voluntarily...

KELLEY v. MERIT SYS. PROT. BD.

Government Benefits
Respondent's failure to explain why petitioner's appeal lacks jurisdiction on the basis that a reassignment from full-time to part-time at the same...

WOOD v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Government Benefits
Respondent's failure to notify petitioner's former spouse of the annuity election options under 5 USC 8339, combined with the decedent's intent to...

OSENBROCK v. APFEL

Government Benefits
Testimony by vocational expert that injured plaintiff lumber mill supervisor could work as a lumber mill timekeeper is sufficient to support an...

FRAZIER v. APFEL

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
The 42 USC 406(b)(1)(A) limit on attorney's fees to 25 percent of denied Social Security benefits lawfully limits the attorney's fees awarded under...

DUNAHOO v. APFEL

Government Benefits
Conflicts in the medical evidence supported Administrative Law Judge's determination that there was substantial evidence in the record as a whole for...

JOHNSON v. APFEL

Government Benefits
Administrative Law Judge's resolution of conflicting medical evidence was supported by substantial evidence which showed that claimant's complaints...