SSDRC
What is the Application Process for Social Security Disability and SSI?
How do you Win Benefits under Social Security Disability or SSI?
If I am determined disabled, how far back will Social Security pay benefits?
How do you prove your disability case if you have a mental condition?
What Can I Do to Improve My Chances of Winning Disability Benefits
Common Mistakes after Receiving a Denial of Social Security Disability or SSI Benefits
How to File for Disability - Tips for Filing
If You Get Approved For SSDI Will You Also Get Medicare?
How much does a Social Security disability attorney get paid?
Social Security Disability SSI Criteria and the Evaluation Process
How long does it take to be approved for SSI or Social Security disability?
What do you Need to Prove to Qualify for Disability Benefits?
Social Security Disability SSI and Fibromyalgia
Social Security Disability SSI and Degenerative Disc Disease
Can I Qualify For Disability and Receive Benefits based on Depression?
Answers to questions about SSD and SSI disability
What Disabilities Qualify for SSI and Social Security Disability Benefits?
Social Security Disability Status
Social Security Disability Tips — how a claim gets worked on
Social Security Disability, SSI Disability - Terms, Definitions, Concepts
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Is there ever a review to see if you are still disabled (If so when does it happen?)
How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits
Disability cases that have been approved by the social security administration periodically come up for review. The review is called a continuing disability review, or CDR for short.
Why are reviews of approved disability claims conducted? Quite obviously, so it can be determined whether or not an individual still meets the qualifications for receiving disability benefits. Fortunately, most claims that are reviewed during a CDR evaluation are continued; that is, the individual is determined to be still disabled. The continuation of disability benefits, in fact, occurs in the great majority of cases. The reason? Because to take a disabled person off benefits (either social security disability or SSI), the social security administration must be able to demonstrate that "medical improvement" has taken place.
Medical improvement is fairly difficult to establish for a number of reasons, not least of which is the fact that most individuals who are approved for disability have significant and longstanding problems that are not likely to improve to the point that they can engage in competitive employment again.
However, another reason that medical improvement is difficult to show is that doctor's treatment notes seldom refer to functional capabilities. The lack of notation regarding a person's functional capability tends to hurt individuals who are trying to get their disability benefits established. But, on the flip side, it also makes it harder for social security to stop a person's benefits.
How often are disability claims reviewed? Officially, continuing disability reviews occur every one, three, or seven years. However, due to backlogs in local social security offices, reviews are often done much later than they scheduled for. So, it would not be unlikely for a three year "diary date" to become five or six years.
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Topics and Questions
Is there a list of conditions that might Qualify you for Disability Benefits?
When are you allowed to get a Disability Lawyer?
What are the Requirements for Social Security Disability and SSI?
Social Security Disability, Medical Records, and a Person's Limitations
Applying for disability benefits in Texas
Social Security Denial - What should be done if your disability is denied?
Does the Social Security Administration use experts for determining disability?
The Medical Requirements for Receiving Social Security Disability or SSI
Are SSI and SSD disability claims denied by social security for lack of evidence?
What is usually the status of your social security disability or SSI case?
What are Medical Experts at Social Security disability hearings?
Does Social Security offer Partial Disability Benefits?
To get Social security Disability or SSI do you have to have Total Disability?
Where do you call to get the status of your Social Security Disability or SSI Claim?
When will a disability lawyer decide to take your case?
Do you file for Social Security Disability or SSI?
Filing for SSI Disability
What are the Odds or Chances of Being Approved for Disability?
Can you still Appeal if the Judge denies your Disability Claim?
Who makes the decision on a social security disability or SSI case?
What does a Social Security Disability Lawyer or Representative do for your claim?
Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in Wisconsin
The difference between an Application for disability and a Social Security Reconsideration?
Is Receiving Social Security Disability Based On Whether I Can Do My Current or Last Job?
Applying for disability benefits in Minnesota
How does Social Security Disability decide that you cannot work?
SSD and SSI are Federal Programs
The title II Social Security Disability and title 16 SSI Disability programs operate under federal guidelines and, therefore, the program requirements--medical and non-medical--apply to all states:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Recent approval and denial statistics for various states can be viewed here:
Social Security Disability, SSI Approval and Denial Statistics by state
Special Section: Disability Lawyers and unnecessary claim denials
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