Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up The Social Security Administration has implemented its new quick ...

On October 13, 2010, we published a final rule that temporarily authorized State agency disability examiners to make fully favorable determinations without the approval of a State agency medical or ...

Traditionally, the Social Security Administration (SSA) followed a pretty comprehensive process to evaluate disability claims. The in-depth nature of the process is meant to provide accurate ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - State Social Security Administration disability examiners may make findings that are "fully favorable" to the claimant, without approval by medical or psychological consultants, in ...

WASHINGTON (CN) – The Social Security Administration has proposed to allow disability examiners in state agencies to make temporary “fully favorable” determinations on certain claims ...

Q: Why are some people able to get Social Security income earlier than others? A: Generally, Social Security benefits are paid to eligible workers, and their families, based on the workers' earnings.

In Boston, the SSA tried a variety of reforms, such as creating a "quick disability determination process" for individuals with clear-cut cases of disability. The process "has been successful in fully ...