The Social Security Administration was established by a law codified at 42 U.S.C. § 901. Mary would have been eligible for retirement benefits as a divorced spouse on John’s Social Security record if she was married to him for at least 10 years, was at least 62 years old, was unmarried and was not entitled to a higher Social Security benefit on her own merit. This SSR provides guidance about how adjudicators at the hearings and Appeals Council (AC) levels of the administrative review process make findings about medical equivalence in disability claims under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act. Social Security Ruling 82-41 provides a policy statement about transferable skills.
Carolyn Colvin: I think we have to set the vision from the top and exhibit the change for which we are looking. The TFB is the total of all disability insurance benefits (DIB) monthly amounts for …