There cannot be a good disability determination process without considering equity. It is dangerous, in some ways, to marginalize equity issues as something separate as opposed to being integral to ...

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In 2012, the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provided benefits to nearly 15 million disabled adults and children through two disability programs. The majority of beneficiaries, 8.8 million, ...

Assessments of a person's ability to function at work provide important information for disability determinations, and many validated tests are available to assess work-related physical and mental ...

The age and vocational factors come into play in determining whether or not an individual who can no longer perform their past work is able to adjust to other work. However, ability to adjust to work ...

The SSA announced a significant operational change this week that will reshape how disability benefit eligibility is reviewed across the United States. The agency confirmed that medical Continuing ...

Traditionally, the Social Security Administration (SSA) followed a pretty comprehensive process to evaluate disability claims. The in-depth nature of the process is meant to provide accurate ...

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On April 1, 2018, employer sponsored plans subject to ERISA and providing a benefit contingent on a disability determination will need to comply with new rules finalized by the Department of Labor ...

On October 31, the Department of Education (DoED) issued a final regulation that significantly expands various classes of individuals eligible to get their federal student loans forgiven. Among the ...

Broader use of standardized psychological testing for applicants submitting disability claims to the US Social Security Administration should improve the accuracy and consistency of disability ...