The Social Security Administration has posted a Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) in the Federal Register to make official the availability of telephone and video hearings in Social Security cases.
The Social Security Administration has posted a Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) in the Federal Register to make official the availability of telephone and video hearings in Social Security cases.
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Inteeesting that if I am reading these correctly, now instead of having to affirmatively consent to an audio/video hearing claimants must now affirmatively object to appearing that way. Also, even if you have objected to an audio/ video hearing and then move, SSA can require you to appear by audio. In other words, the agency seems done transferring files around between offices when claimants move (this has certainly been a recent trend anyway but with this change it would never be necessary). If you thought a lot of unrepresented claimants claims got dismissed for no shows before it might really skyrocket now. This might now become the usual unrepresented scenario- claimant does not object in writing to audio. Scheduled for phone hearing, doesn’t pick up, no NTSC needed case dismissed.
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