The Federal Circuit upheld the firing of an Administrative Law Judge for failing to meet productivity requirements. If the surviving spouse is not caring for minor children and is not at least 62 years of age, he or she cannot continue to receive the social security retirement check previously being paid to the spouse who died. The State Social Security Administrator is NOT involved in the payment or calculation of benefits under Social Security or Medicare. When the Social Security Act (the Act) was passed in 1935, government employees were determined to be excluded from coverage.
Carolyn Colvin served as the acting commissioner of the US Social Security Administration (SSA) from February 2013 to January of this year, when she stepped down. Attorney Patricia A. Petow has represented Social Security disability clients at the agency level, in the Office of Hearings and Appeals/Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, and in …