state Disability Determination Services

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disability determination agency government agency state-level administrative body

State Disability Determination Services are state-level agencies that evaluate medical evidence and make initial disability eligibility decisions for federal Social Security disability programs.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Disability Determination Bureau	1
Disability Determination Division	1
Disability Determination Service	1
Disability Determination Service Division	1
Disability Determination Services	1
Disability Determination Unit	1
state Disability Determination Services canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1097392 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: state Disability Determination Services
Context triple: [Social Security Disability Insurance, administersApplicationsThrough, state Disability Determination Services]

A. Social Security Board
The Social Security Board was the federal agency originally established to administer and oversee the United States' Social Security program, including the registration of workers and the distribution of benefits.
B. Department of Social Security
The Department of Social Security was a former UK government department responsible for administering social security benefits and welfare payments before its functions were absorbed into successor bodies.
C. Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration is an independent U.S. government agency that oversees and delivers retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits to eligible individuals.
D. New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance is a state agency responsible for administering public assistance, disability benefits, and support services to low-income and vulnerable residents of New York.
E. Social Security Disability Insurance
Social Security Disability Insurance is a U.S. federal program that provides monthly income benefits to eligible workers who become disabled and can no longer engage in substantial gainful employment.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: state Disability Determination Services
Target entity description: State Disability Determination Services are state-level agencies that evaluate medical evidence and make initial disability eligibility decisions for federal Social Security disability programs.

A. Social Security Board
The Social Security Board was the federal agency originally established to administer and oversee the United States' Social Security program, including the registration of workers and the distribution of benefits.
B. Department of Social Security
The Department of Social Security was a former UK government department responsible for administering social security benefits and welfare payments before its functions were absorbed into successor bodies.
C. Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration is an independent U.S. government agency that oversees and delivers retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits to eligible individuals.
D. New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance is a state agency responsible for administering public assistance, disability benefits, and support services to low-income and vulnerable residents of New York.
E. Social Security Disability Insurance
Social Security Disability Insurance is a U.S. federal program that provides monthly income benefits to eligible workers who become disabled and can no longer engage in substantial gainful employment.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	disability determination agency ⓘ government agency ⓘ state-level administrative body ⓘ
administeredBy	state government ⓘ
appliesTo	adult disability claims ⓘ child disability claims ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Social Security Administration ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determinesEligibilityFor	Social Security Disability Insurance ⓘ Supplemental Security Income disability benefits ⓘ
doesNotConduct	disability hearings ⓘ
doesNotDetermine	non-medical eligibility factors ⓘ
employs	disability examiners ⓘ medical consultants ⓘ psychological consultants ⓘ
evaluates	ability to adjust to other work ⓘ ability to perform past relevant work ⓘ duration of impairments ⓘ medical severity of impairments ⓘ
fundedBy	Social Security Administration ⓘ
hasRole	apply Social Security disability regulations to claims ⓘ develop medical evidence for disability claims ⓘ document residual functional capacity ⓘ evaluate medical evidence for disability claims ⓘ make initial disability eligibility determinations ⓘ obtain consultative examinations when needed ⓘ prepare written determinations and rationales ⓘ
legalBasis	federal-state agreement with Social Security Administration ⓘ
mayBeKnownAs	Disability Determination Bureau ⓘ linked to: state Disability Determination Services Disability Determination Division ⓘ linked to: state Disability Determination Services Disability Determination Service ⓘ linked to: state Disability Determination Services Disability Determination Unit ⓘ linked to: state Disability Determination Services
nonMedicalEligibilityDeterminedBy	Social Security field offices ⓘ linked to: Social Security Administration
operatesInJurisdiction	District of Columbia ⓘ U.S. state ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
partOf	Social Security disability adjudication process ⓘ United States disability benefits system ⓘ
primaryBeneficiary	Social Security disability claimants ⓘ
processes	initial disability claims ⓘ reconsideration disability claims ⓘ
regulatedBy	Social Security Act ⓘ linked to: Social Security Act of 1935 federal Social Security regulations ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
subjectTo	federal quality review ⓘ performance standards set by Social Security Administration ⓘ
usesStandard	Social Security Administration Listing of Impairments ⓘ five-step sequential evaluation process ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Social Security Disability Insurance → administersApplicationsThrough → state Disability Determination Services ⓘ

California Department of Social Services → hasDivision → Disability Determination Service Division ⓘ