Overview

• The Social Security Administration is eliminating 127 outdated jobs from its disability eligibility criteria.
• Critics argued the old job list, last updated in 1977, unfairly blocked benefits for many applicants.
• New criteria will exclude jobs like nut sorter, pneumatic tube operator, and microfilm processor.
• The change aims to improve the accuracy and fairness of disability benefit determinations.
• A modern Occupational Information System is being developed but is not yet in use.