The beneficiary rolls of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program are increasing rapidly, as is public and legislative scrutiny over the process. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is making major changes. A recent article on the Wall Street Journal’s blog outlines six changes currently underway for the SSDI.<\/p>\n
Occupations:<\/strong> When considering an applicant for SSDI, the agency must evaluate the applicant’s employment prospects. Currently, it tasks vocational experts to match the applicant with potential occupations. But these experts are supposed to use a \u201cdictionary\u201d of occupations that has not been updated since 1991. It still includes anachronistic occupations like \u201cblacksmith,\u201d and, more importantly, it does not reflect the technology boom of the past twenty years. Numerous jobs working with computers are well-suited to physically disabled individuals. Rewriting the dictionary is a huge job that may not be completed until 2016 at the earliest.<\/p>\n Grid Use:<\/strong> Administrative law judges who rule on SSDI (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The beneficiary rolls of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program are increasing rapidly, as is public and legislative scrutiny over the process. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is making major changes. A recent article on the Wall Street Journal’s…<\/span><\/p>\n