Girard v. Chater

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “If simply reviewing evidence relating to a previous claim is viewed as a reconsideration on the merits, the previous case would be constructively reopened virtually every time a successive claim is filed.”
• “There are two ways in which a case may be reopened. The ALJ may make an express determination pursuant to 20 C.F.R. § 404.988 that the case should be reopened or the ALJ may ‘constructively’ reopen the case by reconsidering the prior case on its merits.”

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