Definitions.
As used in this subpart:
Date you receive notice
means 5 days after the date on the notice, unless you show us that you did not receive it within the 5-day period.
Decision
means the decision made by an administrative law judge or the Appeals Council.
Determination
means the initial determination or the reconsidered determination.
Mass change
means a State-initiated change in the level(s) of federally administered State supplementary payments applicable to all recipients of such payments, or to categories of such recipients, due, for example, to State legislative or executive action.
Preponderance of the evidence
means such relevant evidence that as a whole shows that the existence of the fact to be proven is more likely than not.
Remand
means to return a case for further review.
Substantial evidence
means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.
Vacate
means to set aside a previous action.
Waive
means to give up a right knowingly and voluntarily.
We, us,
or
our
refers to the Social Security Administration.
You
or
your
refers to any person or the eligible spouse of any person claiming or receiving supplemental security income benefits.
[45 FR 52096, Aug. 5, 1980, as amended at 59 FR 43038, Aug. 22, 1994; 73 FR 76944, Dec. 18, 2008]20 C.F.R. § 416.1401
Definitions.
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