Navigation When Will My Eligibility for Social Security Disability Benefits be Reviewed?
After being award Social Security disability benefits, many clients ask how long they will be able to keep receiving their benefits. The simple answer is that if your medical condition has not improved, you will continue to receive your Social Security disability benefits. However, all recipients of Social Security disability benefits are subject to periodic continuing disability reviews. This review is called a Continuing Disability Review (CDR). During a CDR, Social Security will ascertain whether you have had any improvement in your medical condition that would allow you to return to work. If there has been no improvement in your medical condition, you will continue to receive disability until the next review.
The frequency of a CDR depends on how Social Security categorizes your long-term prognosis. There are three categories:
Medical Improvement Expected: Social Security will review a case 6 to 18 months after benefits start
