Continuing disability reviews

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How should you prepare for a Continuing Disability Review (CDR) or notice of proposed termination?  It depends on how vulnerable you are to losing.   I received the following question from one of my readers: I received a letter from SSA saying that they are reviewing my current SSDI benefit and possible to end my benefits [...]

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There is no such thing as the “perfect” case.  Even the most deserving claimants may end up with a doctor who they don’t like or with whom they do not get along.  This is especially true in “pain” cases when narcotic medicines may be prescribed.  There are also doctors out there who do not believe [...]

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In my practice I do not see very many continuing disability review (CDR) cases.   If you are not familiar with this term, a “continuing disability review” involves a review by Social Security as to whether an approved claimant remains disabled.  For example, there are some medical conditions that can and do improve over time and [...]

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I don’t get a lot of questions about “continuing disability reviews” (CDR).  Here is one that raises an important issue.  For those not familiar with the term, a CDR is the process by which Social Security evaluates approved claimants to confirm that they still meet the requirements for disability under Social Security’s rules. Sometimes, judges [...]