The Social Security Administration has once again “re-engineered” itself and its disability adjudication process. Welcome changes include:

• Quick Disability Determination (QDD) for clearly disabled claimants
• Medical and Vocational Expert System (MVES)
• Federal Reviewing Officer (RO)
• Decision Review Board (DRB) to replace the Appeals Council

This new system will be phased in over the next seven years in various regions of the country. The first States to get a look are Connecticutt, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

You can read more about the new Disability Regulations on attorney Troy Rosasco’s Disabled Worker Law blog. Troy practices Social Security disability, workers comp, LTD and personal injury work in New York State.