---
type: Process
title: Readiness Screening Factors
description: Categories of information used to organize a disability-benefits readiness screening.
resource: https://disabilitybenefitsscreening.com/disability-benefits-eligibility-check
tags: [screening-factors, work-history, medical-treatment, daily-limitations]
generated: { by: openai/gpt-5.6, at: 2026-07-29T14:16:00Z }
status: stable
sources:
  - id: screening
    resource: https://disabilitybenefitsscreening.com/disability-benefits-eligibility-check
    title: Disability benefits screening page
  - id: records
    resource: https://disabilitybenefitsscreening.com/medical-records-needed-for-disability
    title: Medical records preparation guide
  - id: limitations
    resource: https://disabilitybenefitsscreening.com/how-to-describe-work-limitations
    title: Work limitations guide
---

# Main Information Categories

The screening organizes information across several categories. No single answer is a guarantee of eligibility or approval.

## Work and Earnings

Questions may address recent work history, whether the person is currently working, and whether a condition interferes with sustained work activity.

## Medical Conditions

Questions may address physical or mental conditions, diagnoses, symptoms, onset, duration, and expected duration.

## Treatment and Evidence

Questions may address doctors, specialists, treatment frequency, hospital care, testing, medications, side effects, and whether records can be identified or obtained.

## Functional Limitations

Questions may address sitting, standing, walking, lifting, using hands, concentrating, remembering, following instructions, handling stress, interacting with others, and completing ordinary daily activities.

## Claim Stage

Questions may address whether the person is preparing an initial application, has already applied, has received a denial, is considering an appeal, or already has a representative.

## Contact and Consent

Contact details and permission choices are handled separately from the substantive screening information. See [Privacy and Consent](/policies/privacy-and-consent.md).

# Interpretation Rule

These factors help identify preparation needs. They are not a complete statement of SSA rules and must not be converted into an approval prediction.