Understanding the appeal process can help you challenge a Social Security denial and improve your chances of approval.

The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Compassionate Allowances (CAL) program is designed to accelerate the application process of disability claims for individuals with severe medical conditions ...

I am responding to your request for comment on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for “Intermediate Improvement” to the Disability Adjudication Process: “Including” How We Consider Past Work. I ...

The Social Security Administration is facing an influx of new disability claims due to the struggling economy, a factor impeding its ability to reduce a backlog of 765,000 hearing requests, the agency ...

Broader use of standardized psychological testing for applicants submitting disability claims to the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) should improve the accuracy and consistency of disability ...

Plaintiffs seeking recovery of group disability benefits under ERISA-governed plans routinely argue that claim fiduciaries failed to adequately consider and/or account for decisions by the Social ...

The psychological assessment can be a stressful part of your disability application, but with preparation, it doesn’t have to be. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that less than 23% of ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When Albert Diaz, then 41, took his seat in the Social Security Administration’s ...