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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 02 > Social Security disability appeals are in a logjam

Social Security disability appeals are in a logjam

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
January 2, 2009

PORTLAND — Administrative judges who decide on Social Security disability claims face a huge backlog of cases, blamed on slow work by some of them and staffing shortages, The Oregonian newspaper reports.

Social Security’s 1,177 administrative law judges hear appeals by people....

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