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Disability definition for title II and title XVI adult claimants. - correct answer ✔✔The inability to engage in
any substantial gainful activity (SGA)
By reason of:
Any medically determinable physical or mental impairment.
Which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of not less than 12 months
What was a reason for the creation of the Social Security Act of 1935? - correct answer ✔✔To provide
income security for workers.
Disability Freeze - correct answer ✔✔The "freeze" prevents retirement and survivor benefit amounts
from being affected by low or no earnings during a period of disability.
How has the definition of disability changed since 1954? - correct answer ✔✔The major changes
addressed: 1) duration has been specifically defined, and 2) the claimant's inability to perform work has
been emphasized.
How are title II and title XVI similar? How do they differ? - correct answer ✔✔Similar: share definition of
disability; disability determined by DDS.
Differ: funding and work criteria, blindness benefit requirements.
Describe briefly the process by which laws are translated into POMS instructions. - correct answer
✔✔The translation is done by the policy components of the central office after studying the law for all
,conceivable intended meanings and applications, and in response to court interpretations of the law
affecting the SSA disability process.
State the primary purpose of DDS. - correct answer ✔✔Develop, document, and prepare accurate
disability determination as quickly as possible.
Who does the DDS examiner serve? - correct answer ✔✔The examiner serves: claimant's, the DDS, SSA,
and all social security taxpayers.
Title II disability benefit categories and entitlement factors that apply to each category. - correct answer
✔✔Disabled Worker (DIB): Meets insured status, file application, serve a waiting period, and be
disabled.
Disabled Widow(er) (DWB): dependent on insured spouse, file application, serve a waiting period, be
disabled.
Disabled Adult Child (CDB): dependent on insured parent who is entitled to benefits file application, and
be disabled.
Title XVI disability benefit categories and entitlement factors that apply to each category. - correct
answer ✔✔Disabled adults (DI) (DS): satisfy income and resources requirement, file application, and be
disabled.
Blind Individuals (BI) (BS) same as adults.
Disabled Children (DC) (BC): same as adults.
An application must always be filed before benefits can be paid. (T or F) - correct answer ✔✔True
A waiting period is required in all Title II benefit categories. (T or F) - correct answer ✔✔False
,"Insured status" is a measure of whether a worker or self-employed individual has worked under covered
work long enough to be eligible for cash benefits. (T or F) - correct answer ✔✔True
An application informs the applicant of his/her responsibilities in pursuing his/her claim. (T or F) - correct
answer ✔✔True
A waiting period extends 5 months from the time the disability began. (T or F) - correct answer ✔✔False
A 3 year-old child can receive childhood disability benefits under Title II. (T or F) - correct answer
✔✔False
A 10 year-old child may be eligible for disability benefits under Title XVI. (T or F) - correct answer
✔✔True
The establishment of childhood disability in a Title II (CDB) case indicates the claimant is unable to
engage in SGA. (T or F) - correct answer ✔✔True
The wage earner must meet insured status. - correct answer ✔✔Title II
An insured worker must serve a waiting period. - correct answer ✔✔Title II
The Impairment must be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. - correct
answer ✔✔Title II
There is no duration requirement. - correct answer ✔✔Title XVI
A claimant who is engaging in SGA cannot receive benefits. - correct answer ✔✔Title II
"Statutory blindness" means blindness as defined in the Social Security Act. - correct answer ✔✔Both,
Title II and Title XVI
, Benefits are payable as an earned right regardless of the level of any unearned income. - correct answer
✔✔Title II
An insured worker who meets blindness criteria can be entitled to a period of disability (disability freeze)
even if he/she cannot receive cash benefits. - correct answer ✔✔Title II
There is no 12 month duration requirement for blindness.
There is no disability freeze provision.
Under Title XVI, statutorily blind persons can engage in SGA and still be eligible for Title XVI benefits. -
correct answer ✔✔List the exceptions for processing statutory blindness claims under Title XVI.
Symptoms - correct answer ✔✔Claimant's own description of his or her physical or mental
impairment(s). if the claimant is a child under age 18 and unable to adequately describe his or her
symptom(s), SSA accepts as a statement of the symptom(s) the description given by the person most
familiar with the child, such as a parent, other relative, or guardian.
Signs - correct answer ✔✔Anatomical, physiological, or psychological abnormalities that can be
observed apart from the claimant's statements of symptoms. Signs must be shown by use of medically
acceptable clinical diagnostic techniques. Psychiatric signs are medically demonstrable phenomena that
indicate a specific psychological abnormalities. They must also be shown by observable facts that can be
medically described and evaluated.
Laboratory Findings - correct answer ✔✔Manifestations of anatomical, physiological, or psychological
phenomena shown by use of medically acceptable laboratory diagnostic techniques.
Definition of Disability for Title XVI Children under age 18. - correct answer ✔✔An individual under the
age of 18 shall be considered disabled for the purposes of this tile if that individual has a medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which results in marked and severe functional limitations,
and which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months.
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