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Social Security Disability in the 5 th  Circuit Like a Box of Chocolates Suzanne Villalón-Hinojosa www.texasdisabilityadvocates.com
Statistics for 2010
Top Winning Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Severity in the 5 th  Circuit ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Types of severity errors ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Misstatement of Stone  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Mental Impairment  20 CFR § 404.1520a ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Failure to Rate Functional Loss ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Melugin W.D.Tex.,  Biles N.D.Tex.  Davila N.D.Tex.
Rating Functional loss but getting the mental RFC wrong ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Mental retardation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Step 3 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Opinion Statements 20 C.F.R. § 404.1527 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Opinion Statement Errors  Medical source statements may actually comprise separate medical opinions….and it may be necessary to decide whether to adopt or not adopt each one.  96-5p ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ripley ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ripley Revolution ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The impact of Williams ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
When is a VE required  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Step 4 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
VE/DOT conflict Wittling down the hypo ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Defective Hypothetical Bolling v. Shalala, 36 F.3d 431 (5 th  Cir. 1994) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
New Evidence Higginbotham v. Barnhart, 405 F.3d 332 (5 th  Cir. 2005) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Multiple issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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