Social Security News

      From Emergency Message 26-011 … We are establishing new timeframes for early case actions for certain priority case types at the initi...

      Newly issued Social Security Emergency Message EM 25029 indicates that the default overpayment recovery rate will be 50%, not 100% as...

      During the pandemic Social Security made the criteria for approval of a disability claim based upon some orthopedic conditions less on...

      From Emergency Message 25014 issued last Friday: A.  Purpose This emergency message (EM) provides guidance regarding changes to sex d...

      From Emergency Message EM-25009 issued last Friday: This emergency message (EM) provides the Disability Determination Services (DDS) a...

      From Emergency Message EM-25051 : ... Prior to September 28, 2024, technicians used email as the sole means to communicate with custo...

      Social Security is resuming Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) in October for the new federal fiscal year. The CDRs had been suspe...

      From Emergency Message EM-24033 Disability Collateral Estoppel Policy – Change of Position This emergency message (EM) announces the ...

      From Emergency Message EM-24023 :  Beginning June 22, 2024, adjudicators will reopen a prior final agency determination or decision ba...

      From Emergency Message EM-24028 : ... We will not apply res judicata to bar readjudication of a previously adjudicated period when th...

      It was a busy Saturday for Social Security. Yes, a busy Saturday!      First, Social Security has added significantly more data to the...