New rules for filing disability claims go into effect Monday

AUSTIN (WISH) – New rules go into effect for the Social Security Administration on Monday.
A treating physician’s opinion won’t mean as much when someone is filing a disability claim.
The new regulations eliminate what’s called the “treating-physician rule.”
Until now, that rule required the SSA to give significant weight to a doctor’s report that would support someone’s claims for disability. The rule change means it will be harder for people to p