If your receive disability benefits Social Security will do periodic reviews to see if you are still eligible for benefits. When this review happens you may receive a Disability Update Report in the mail. Here is what you need to know about this disability review and what steps you can take to ensure your benefits are not cut off.

When you are receiving disability benefits or SSI from Social Security, they will review your case every one to three years depending on the severity of your disability. The only notification you may receive that this review is taking place is the Disability Update Report questionnaire that arrives in your mail. When you get this form you know Social Security is reviewing your case.

This review could take any number of directions; your questionnaire could result in a simple review of your records, Social Security could schedule an appointment for you to visit a doctor for evaluation, or your case could be sent back to the State disability agency for review. The best thing for you to do when you receive this questionnaire is ask your doctor to write a letter stating that there has been no improvement in your condition and you are unable to work. Send this letter along with your completed Disability Update Report back to the local Social Security office. After you return the report and the letter your disability review should be over.

When it comes to disability reviews by Social Security, you will not hear back unless Social Security needs more information or there is a problem. To learn more about your disability benefits visit the website “Social Security Laid Bare” using the links below.