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Continuing Disability Review (CDR) Evidence

The strongest medical evidence in a Continuing Disability Review (CDR) is documentation that shows an ongoing, non-improved impairment that still prevents work

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Jan 22, 2026

How do Social Security termination dates affect continuing disability reviews?

—the specific month says benefits will end—play an outsized procedural role in (CDRs): they mark when payments stop, trigger and benefit-continuation rules, and interact with statutory timing like the...

Jan 21, 2026

What are the immediate consequences of failing a Social Security Disability Review (CDR)?

Failing a (CDR) can immediately stop disability payments: will end benefits if it determines the beneficiary is no longer disabled . If the failure is procedural (not cooperating with SSA), the agency...

Jan 20, 2026

What documentation best protects SSDI recipients during a Continuing Disability Review?

SSDI recipients facing a Continuing Disability Review (CDR) are best protected by comprehensive, contemporaneous medical documentation that shows ongoing impairment, evidence of treatment compliance, ...

Jan 20, 2026

How do claimants with non-listed conditions (e.g., chronic fatigue syndrome) get classified for CDR scheduling and what appeals options exist?

Claimants with non‑listed, hard‑to‑measure conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) are slotted into SSA’s CDR diary system based on the agency’s expectation of medical improvement—typical...

Jan 20, 2026

Which Blue Book Listings most often lead to indefinite or longer-term CDR schedules and why?

Social Security schedules Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) based on the expected medical trajectory of the disabling condition: listings for which medical improvement is unlikely or for which the ...

Jan 20, 2026

Which SSDI diagnoses are classified as “medical improvement expected” by SSA policy examples?

SSA policy treats "medical improvement expected" (MIE) as a diary classification for continuing disability reviews when the agency reasonably anticipates that a beneficiary’s medical condition will im...

Jan 17, 2026

What medical evidence strengthens an SSDI recipient’s case during a CDR?

The strongest medical evidence in a Continuing Disability Review (CDR) is documentation that shows an ongoing, non-improved impairment that still prevents work—principally up-to-date clinical records,...