Sam MAZZA, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES of the United States, Appellee

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

The claimant here filed concurrent claims for Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income payments. Asserting that a statutory amendment granted an option, the Social Security Administration calculated the disability benefits first and offset them against potential SSI payments, despite a long-standing practice to the contrary. As a result, the claimant was denied entitlement to SSI benefits and the accompanying entitlement to Medicaid. We conclude that the agency’s unguided, random processing of the concurrent claims here was arbitrary…