Non-Medical determination?
whoever
SSDI? A friend of mine is wanting to know this because his letter
from SSA says he got last week says he already meets the medical
requirement, but want to know what the non-medical determination is?
Six String Stu
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regards the medical determination of whether or not a claimant is
disabled---according to SSA rules and regulations, as well as a claimant's
medical records. Medical determinations, of course, are handled by DDS
examiners and by administrative law judges.
The other aspect of processing a disability claim, however, has to do with
file maintenance, for lack of a better phrase. When you file a claim for
disability, the application is taken by a claims representative at the
social security office. Claims reps do not evaluate claims for their medical
eligibility, but, rather, transfer files to either DDS (where examiners are
based) or the Office of hearings and appeals (where judges are based).
Once a medical determination i.e. decision has been made on a case, the
folder will be transferred back to an SSA office, either the social security
field office where it originated, or to a payment processing center, if the
case was approved.
MikeGibson
How many current credits one has on their record would be one
non-medical factor. For someone without enough current credits for
SSDI any income would be a non-medical factor for SSI as well as how
much one has in assets. Jack should have a much better list of
non-medical determination factors. These are just what comes to mind
at this time.
Mike