Improving the Social Security Disability Decision Process

by John D. Stobo and Michael McGeary

The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits to disabled persons of less than full retirement age and to their dependents. SSA also provides Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments to disabled persons who are under age 65. For both programs, disability is defined as a "medically determinable physical or mental impairment" that prevents an individual from engaging in any substantial gainful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309103819
• ISBN13: 9780309103817
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"