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The process of eligibility and reviews for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and how it may be affected by the proposed changes
The Social Security Administration’s change shrinking Past Relevant Work (PRW) from 15 years to 5 years shifts the focal point of disability adjudication toward more recent employment and is likely to...
The Social Security Administration’s legal and regulatory language consistently describes financial support to beneficiaries using a set of plain-English but formally defined labels — most commonly “b...
SSDI recipients facing a Continuing Disability Review (CDR) are best protected by comprehensive, contemporaneous medical documentation that shows ongoing impairment, evidence of treatment compliance, ...
The 2025 policy landscape for Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) deepens a split reality for current SSDI recipients: operational changes and resumed reviews increase the chance of case scrutiny and...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) formalized a shorter past relevant work (PRW) window—cutting the look‑back from 15 years to 5 years—in its final rulemaking and accompanied that change with tr...
A clinician’s note or medical records are routinely used to document exemptions from the ABAWD (Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents) SNAP time limit: states generally accept a completed ABAWD medica...
The Social Security Administration’s proposed change would insert a new fourth medical-diary category—described in the NPRM as a category between “medical improvement expected” (MIE) and “medical impr...
SSDI recipients in 2026 must promptly report changes in wages, work activity, and personal information to the Social Security Administration to avoid overpayments or benefit suspension, and they shoul...
The 2026 changes most relevant to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries are a 2.8% COLA for Social Security benefits and a near‑10% jump in the standard Medicare Part B premium to ...
Reconsideration of a Continuing Disability Review (CDR) is governed by Social Security Program Operations Manual System (POMS) instructions and requires specific appeal forms plus medical and nonmedic...
An SSDI recipient can appeal a Continuing Disability Review (CDR) denial; the statutory appeal path mirrors the broader SSDI appeals framework—beginning with reconsideration and, if necessary, proceed...