The Social Security Administration (SSA) regularly checks whether existing disability beneficiaries still meet medical criteria to qualify for their benefits. Recently, this process changed in a fundamental way. The agency began pulling medical Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) away from the 50-plus state Disability Determination Services (DDS) offices that had handled

For years, applying for Social Security disability benefits has meant bracing for a long wait. But that wait has been getting shorter. According to the Social Security Administration's own figures, the agency's pending initial disability claims backlog has fallen by more than a third over the past year and a