Social Security cuts backlog of disability claims by 30%: Here’s what’s changed

The changes impact what’s known as Disability Adjudication, the process by which the agency reviews medical records and ...
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Navigating Disability, Conduct, and Due Process in Higher Education

Navigating the intersections of disability, student conduct, and due process is no easy task for higher education professionals. Balancing legal, ethical, and procedural responsibilities in disability ...

Pekas Smith Attorneys Explain When You Should Apply for Disability Benefits

Pekas Smith Arizona Disability Attorneys Discuss When You Should Apply for Disability Benefits in 2026 Phoenix, United ...

Social Security cuts backlog for disability claims by 30%, agency says

EXCLUSIVE – The Social Security Administration on Monday unveiled new improvements to its disability adjudication process. The SSA said recent upgrades have reduced the backlog in its pending ...
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Office helps with disability process

FORT SILL, Okla. -- The Office of Soldiers' Counsel (OSC) is an organization of judge advocates, civilian attorneys and paralegals spread out over 30 locations worldwide, with roughly 200 attorneys ...
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What is a ‘100% disability’ rating and what does that actually mean for veterans

The disability benefits that veterans receive from the Department of Veterans Affairs have become the subject of a growing number of policy papers and editorials that argue those benefits are too ...
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Social Security disability process needs reform

Today we celebrate the 80th anniversary of Social Security. Since its inception, America's Social Security system has undergone numerous changes. Originally, Social Security was intended to pay only ...
BBC

Disability benefit process 'emotionally draining'

Jo Burridge is passionate about improving the system used to apply for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) A woman has described the system for claiming disability benefit payments as “emotionally ...
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Revised disability evaluation system improves process for transitioning Soldiers

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Feb. 15, 2013) -- In 2007, and in the wake of abuse allegations at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center, then President George W. Bush called for a commission to ensure of the ...
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Evaluation of the Disability Determination Process for Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requested that the committee review the adjudication process by which impairments that result from traumatic brain injury (TBI) are assessed for awarding ...
CNN

Long Covid disabled them. Then they met a ‘broken’ Social Security disability process

Pushing through cognitive impairment, migraines and severe fatigue, Michaelene Carlton, 49, mustered up the energy last week to dial the Social Security Administration to speak to her newly appointed ...