Patent ID: 8527303
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06N,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of assisting medical evidence collection for adjudication of a medical disability request, the method comprising: receiving, from a claimant, at least one claim specifying a medical condition; selecting, from a predetermined set of medical evidence queries, a plurality of claim-type specific medical evidence queries based on and limited by the at least one claim and based on and limited by a disability rating rules collection; receiving medical evidence data responsive to the selected medical evidence queries; and determining, by a computer, a degree of disability based on the collected medical evidence data and the disability rating rules collection; wherein the selected plurality of medical evidence queries is limited to queries, from the predetermined set of medical evidence queries, that are, based on the disability rating rules collection, specific to the claim, specific to the condition, and specific to the claim type.