Disability benefits are crucial for many.Yet in America, the number of people claiming disability benefit for quite subjective ailments has skyrocketed.

对许多人来说，伤残抚恤金是至关重要的，然而在美国，因主观上的一些疾病而要求伤残抚恤金的人的数目陡升。

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Between a third and a half of claims for disability benefit are for mental conditions.

有三分之一到一半要求获得伤残抚恤金的人有精神疾病。

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They include early retirees, full-time students and those on disability benefit who are not included in official unemployment statistics.

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Disability benefit tests can continue on the sixth floor of a Luton office despite concerns about accessibility, the government has ruled.

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But much of the gap represents permanent departures from the labour force because of early retirement or workers going on disability benefit.

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