ALJ: "administrative law judge".

CAL: "Compassionate allowance" means a determination or decision we make under a process that identifies for expedited handling claims that involve impairments that invariably qualify under the Listing of Impairments in appendix 1 to subpart P based on minimal, but sufficient, objective medical evidence.

“Complete medical history,” we mean the records of your medical source(s) covering at least the 12 months preceding the month in which you file your application.

DDS: "Disability Determination Services".

"Determination of disability"or "disability determination" means one or more of the following decisions: (a) Whether or not a person is under a disability; (b) The date a person's disability began; or (c) The date a person's disability ended.

"Disability" means disability or blindness as defined in sections 216(i) and 223 of the Act or as defined in title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended. Disability determination function means making determinations as to disability and carrying out related administrative and other responsibilities.

"Disability program" means, as appropriate, the Federal programs for providing disability insurance benefits under title II of the Act and disability benefits under title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended. Initial means the first level of disability adjudication.

DLI: "date last insured"

“Every reasonable effort” means that we will make an initial request for evidence from your medical source and, at any time between 10 and 20 calendar days after the initial request, if the evidence has not been received, we will make one follow up request to obtain the medical evidence necessary to make a determination. The medical source will have a minimum of 10 calendar days from the date of our follow up request to reply, unless our experience with that source indicates that a longer period is advisable in a particular case.

"Initial" means the first level of disability adjudication.

"Other written guidelines" means written issuances such as Social Security Rulings and memoranda by the Commissioner of Social Security, the Deputy Commissioner for Programs and Policy, or the Associate Commissioner for Disability and the procedures, guides, and operating instructions in the Disability Insurance sections of the Program Operations Manual System, that are instructive, interpretive, clarifying, and/or administrative and not designated as advisory or discretionary. The purpose of including the foregoing material in the definition is to assure uniform national application of program standards and service delivery to the public.

OTR: "on the record".  OTR is actually short for a decision based "on the medical records."

"Quick disability determination" means an initial determination on a claim that we have identified as one that reflects a high degree of probability that you will be found disabled and where we expect that your allegations will be easily and quickly verified.

"Regulations" means regulations in this subpart issued under sections 205(a), 221 and 1102 of the Act, unless otherwise indicated.

RFC: "Residual Functional Capacity"

SGA:  “Substantial Gainful Activity”

SSDI: Social Security Disability Insurance

SSI: Supplemental Security Income

"We, us, and our" refers to the Social Security Administration (SSA).

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