Updates
Here are summaries of important legal or procedural changes that affect the latest edition of this product.
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What's New in the 4th Edition of Guide to Social Security Disability
Overview of What's New
- Describes the new Disability Service Improvement Process (DSIP) program, which is designed to improve the processing of applications and is being implemented nationwide over the next few years.
- Includes a discussion of the new Quick Disability Determination Unit being implemented to speed up claims processing.
- Contains new information about the procedures for filing an appeal.
- Includes updated information about the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Projects (WIPAP), formerly known as the Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach Program (BPAO).
- Includes new information about applying for benefits online.
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Contains extensive changes and updates to the medical listings sections, which describe the specific medical disabilities that make individuals eligible to receive disability benefits.
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Updated with the latest cost-of-living increases and disability numbers from the Social Security Administration.
Who Needs the New Edition?
You Don't Need the New Edition If:
you are using an earlier edition just to get a general idea of how social security disability works.
You Need the New Edition If:
you are planning to apply for Social Security disability benefits and want to evaluate whether you might qualify, or you are going to appeal a prior Social Security Administration decision.
Chapters Most Affected
Chapter 6: Who Decides Your Claim: Discusses the new Disability Service Improvement Process (DSIP).
Chapter 12: Appealing If Your Claim Is Denied: Contains new information on the appeals processes.
CD Parts 1 through 14: Medical Listing of Impairments: These sections (contained on the book's CD-ROM) are completely revised and updated with the latest changes to the Social Security Administration’s Listing of Impairments, which is used to decide disability claims. All of the medical listings information has been thoroughly updated the sections with the most changes include:
- CD Part 2: Vision, Hearing & Speech
- CD Part 3: Breathing Disorders
- CD Part 4: Heart and Blood Vessel Diseases
Forms That Have Changed
, Application for Supplemental Security Income (Form SSA-8000-BK)
Authorization to Disclose Information to the Social Security Administration (Form SSA-827)
Request for Hearing by Administrative Law Judge (Form HA-501-U5)
Request for Reconsideration (Form SSA-561-U2)
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