Advances in the Diagnosis and Evaluation of Disabling Physical Health Conditions

by Board on Health Care Services, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Health and Medicine Division

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits to adults and children who meet the eligibility requirements for a disability as described in Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act. To determine whether more accurate or precise techniques exist for determining if a previously evaluated physical impairment is either more or less severe, SSA requested the National Academies assemble a committee to review new or improved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309701961
• ISBN13: 9780309701969
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 260 Pages