City of New York v. Heckler

PARTIAL GLOSSARY

1. POM’s — SSA’s Program Operations Manual Systems

2. QED Form — SSA’s Psychiatric Review Form

3. RFC — Residual Functional Capacity

4. SSA — Social Security Administration

5. SSD — Social Security Disability

6. SSI — Supplemental Security Income

7. State ODD — New York State Office of Disability Determinations

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Chief Judge:

This case raises difficult issues respecting protection of the rights of claimants by the bureaucracy charged with dispensing social security disability and supplemental security income benefits. Courts assume that professionals such…