Glossary

Continuing Disability Review

SSA's review of whether disability continues

In plain English

A Continuing Disability Review (CDR) is SSA's review of whether a beneficiary continues to meet the disability requirements.

Verify with SSA

Why Continuing Disability Review can matter

Do not read the term in isolation. Identify the SSA notice, form, medical exhibit, work record, payment letter, or hearing decision where it appears and ask what role the term plays in that specific document.

What to write down

  • The exact sentence where the term appears.
  • The document title, date, benefit program, and appeal level.
  • Any deadline or next step printed in the same notice.
  • The official SSA source or representative question needed to confirm its effect.

Verify the current meaning

Similar words can have different meanings in workers compensation, private disability insurance, or other benefit programs.