Social Security Administration Recognizes Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently issued new rules for evaluating Parkinson’s disease (PD) for disability insurance, recognizing that people living with PD can experience both motor and non-motor symptoms.

This is the first large-scale overhaul of these rules since 1985, and the first time the SSA has incorporated the non-motor aspects of Parkinson’s disease into its criteria for evaluating Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) applications. These changes are part of a larger shift in how doctors, researchers, policymakers and insurers understand the impact of non-motor symptoms.

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