20 C.F.R. § 416.1510
Authority of a representative
(a) What a representative may do. Your representative may, on your behalf—
(1) Obtain information about your claim to the same extent that you are able to do;
(2) Submit evidence;
(3) Make statements about facts and law; and
(4) Make any request or give any notice about the proceedings before us.
(b) What a representative may not do. A representative may not sign an application on behalf of a claimant for rights or benefits under title XVI of the Act unless authorized to do so under § 416.315.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 2000–2020 · leading case: Zabala v. Astrue, 595 F.3d 402 (2d Cir. 2010).
Zabala v. Astrue, 595 F.3d 402 (2d Cir. 2010). “When the hearing went back on the record, counsel requested to amend the period under review to the closed period from January 1, 1998 to January 3, 2001, conceding that Petitioner performed substantial gainful activity beginning on January 3, 2001.”
Gloria Cannon v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Comm'r of Soc. Sec., 213 F.3d 970 (7th Cir. 2000). “20 C.F.R. § 416.1510 (a)(8) (“Your representative may, on your behalf — make statements about facts and law.”
Weitzel v. Colvin, 967 F. Supp. 2d 1089 (M.D. Penn. 2013). “” 20 C.F.R. § 416.1510 . In order to amount to substantial gainful activity, the individual’s earnings have to rise to at least a minimum level set by regulations of the Social Security Administration.”
Nat'l Fed'n of the Blind v. Saul (D.D.C. 2020). “1710 (a) (SSDI); 20 C.F.R. § 416.1510 (a) (SSI). Representatives cannot sign an application on behalf of a claimant.”
Jesus Mendez Reyes v. Nancy A. Berryhill (C.D. Cal. 2019). “2010) 26 (absent a showing of coercion or deception, plaintiff is bound by his agreement and the agreement of his representative to amend the 27 disability onset date) (citing 20 C.F.R. § 416.1510 (a)(3)(4)); Town of N.”
Zabala v. Astrue (2d Cir. 2010). “See 20 C.F.R. § 416.1510 (a)(3)-(4) (a claimant’s representative may “[m]ake 17 statements about facts and law .”
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