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HELPFUL LINKS

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General Links


www.ssa.gov
Official government website for the Social Security Administration. It contains forms, a limited glossary, and full-text online legal sources such as the USC, CFR, SSR's, AR's, and recent and proposed legislation and rulemaking (but not judicial) changes.


www.nosscr.org 
Official private website of the National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives (NOSSCR). This site offers a general canvas of NOSSCR and does not contain significant health information or legal sources although it does address some newly developing legal topics applicable to SSA. It also contains an acronyms glossary, OCO Module ranges and phone numbers.

www.ssas.com 
Official private website for the Social Security Advisory Service. It provides general information about the SSA, but does not significant legal or health information. It's greatest feature is the "CONNECT Board" - a nation-wide online bulletin board where SSA representatives post comments, questions, and answers concerning all issues affecting the SSA and applicable law.


www.aalj.org 
Official website for the Association of Administrative Law Judge

Occupational Links


www.dol.gov 
United States Department of Labor


www.oalj.dol.gov/libdot.htm 
Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) - Obtain either job title by job number (middle of page) or job number by job title (at the bottom of the page at "Indexes - Alphabetical Index")


www.bls.gov/oco/ 
Occupational Outlook Handbook

Legal Links


www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/comp-ssa.htm 
Compilation of Social Security Laws

www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook 
Disability Evaluation Under Social Security

www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/comp-ssa.htm 
The Social Security Act

www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/cfrdoc.htm 
Code of Federal Regulations

www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/rulings/rulings.html 
Social Security Rulings and Acquiescence Rulings

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/aboutpoms 
POMS (Program Operations Manual System)

www.severe.net/hallex.html 
HALLEX (Hearings, Appeals and Litigation Law Manual)

www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/handbook/ssa-hbk.htm 
Social Security Handbook


www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/socsec_ref 
Martin on Social Security - A Legal Treatise


http://thomas.loc.gov 
THOMAS: Legislative Information from the U.S. Congress


http://thomas.loc.gov/home/r107query.html 
THOMAS: Search Text of Legislation


www.law.cornell.edu/socsec 
The Cornell Law School Website

Medical Links


www.druginfonet.com/patient.htm 
Information on pharmaceuticals for patients, in easy-to-understand notation from the pharmaceutical manufacturers available by brand name, generic name, manufacturer and therapeutic class


www.benefitslink.com/ 
BenefitsLink has provided free compliance information and tools for employee benefit plan sponsors, service-providers and participants


www.mayoclinic.com 
The Mayo Clinic


www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/sections.htm 
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (Searchable) - A classic medical reference


www.bartleby.com/107/ 
Gray's Anatomy (Searchable) - The other classic medical reference

http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/ 
On-Line Medical Dictionary (Searchable) - Scroll to bottom of page for searches


www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html 
National Institute of Health - Comprehensive drug information (Searchable)


www.nih.gov/health/infoline.htm 
National Institute of Health - Toll-free information numbers

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