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HELPFUL LINKS
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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