Social Security’s TTW protections through an Employment Network support individuals returning to work while receiving ...

Broader use of standardized psychological testing for applicants submitting disability claims to the US Social Security Administration should improve the accuracy and consistency of disability ...

Frank Joyce, a registered nurse, has been appointed senior director of UMass Medical School’s Disability Evaluation Services, following a successful stint as interim senior director. In this senior ...

The age and vocational factors come into play in determining whether or not an individual who can no longer perform their past work is able to adjust to other work. However, ability to adjust to work ...

Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a major operational change that will change how disability benefit reviews are handled across the country. The agency said this is intended to speed ...

SSA and Maryland’s Disability Determination Services (DDS) communicate by mail and phone calls—they do not text or email—but the government-provided phones her patients have run out of minutes ...

Americans with disabilities face unique challenges. Applying for disability benefits should not be one of them. As the Chief for Disability Adjudication for the United States Social Security ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...