How does Canada Pension Plan determine disability?
The legislative definition of disability is as follows: – A person shall be considered to be disabled only if he/she is determined in a prescribed manner to be suffering from a severe and prolonged mental or physical disability, and for the purposes of this paragraph, A disability is severe only if by reason the person in respect to whom the determination is made, is incapable of regularly pursuing any substantially gainful employment. – A disability is prolonged only if it is determined in a prescribed manner that the disability is likely to be long continued and of indefinite duration or likely to result in death. You will note that there are several words in this definition that explain how a claim for disability pension is adjudicated. There are two essential criteria for disability under the Canada Pension Plan. The first criteria is a disability is severe. The primary indicator of severe disability is the medical condition and how does it prevent the person from working. The Cana
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