Evidence Development
Failure to Cooperate/DAA
Failure to Follow Prescribed Treatment
Home/House
100

A complete medical history covers this many months prior to the earliest application date.

Twelve (12)

100

Claimant gets another chance to comply with SSA's requests for info and/or attend a CE

Appeal/Reconsideration
100

Lifestyle modifications (i.e. dieting, exercise, smoking cessation)

What prescribed treatment does NOT include

100

An antisocial doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way

House

200

Longitudinal history, clinical exams, treatment, diagnosis, opinion

What medical evidence should address

200

The term used for when DDB seeks out third party involvement in gaining the homeless claimant's cooperation

FTC "Special Handling" 

200

"Did the claimant's own medical source(s) prescribe tmnt for the disabling condition?"

One consideration when determining FTFPT

200

This TV sitcom follows the daily trials of Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor

Home Improvement

300

The top source in the hierarchy of functional information

The claimant

300

A medically determinable substance use disorder(s) is documented by these two elements.

(1) Objective Medical Evidence from an (2) Acceptable Medical Source

300

Cost of treatment, Intense Fear of Surgery, Opioid Medication

Good causes not to follow prescribed treatment

300

A widowed broadcaster raises his three daughters with assistance from his rock'n'roll brother-in-law and his best friend

Full House

400

Easily verifiable disabilities lead to this administrative action (remember: the DDB can do this, too!)

Presumptive Disability

400

Periods of incarceration, inpatient hospitalizations, other highly structured settings

Situations that can be used as periods of abstinence

400

This group comprises 1/4 - 1/3 of the total homeless population.

Untreated individuals with serious mental illness

400

The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest

Little House on the Prairie

500

Advocacy letter, Homeless Function Report, Third Party Reports

Nonmedical evidence used to build claimant's case

500

Substance use disorder + "Claimant is Disabled" = this analysis

DDB determines: is DAA is material?

500

Evidence indicates the inconsistent treatment or lack of compliance is a feature of claimant's MI

Argument for good cause

500

This "Sticky Bandit" has arguably the best cinematic scream in the entire Home Alone franchise.

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