Similarly with the British system, especially the disability system. You have to fill in a 160-page form and turn up to an appointment. They interpret everything you have written on the form as evidence of ability, including turning up to the appointment itself. Ability to fill in a form and turn up to an appointment is used as evidence that you should be capable of having a job, and are therefore ineligible for help. You are denied.
You then take the case to tribunal, where it is put in front of a normal non-rigged judge who interprets the law in a reasonable manner, and are awarded your disability benefits.
This process takes about a year and is basically impossible unless you get help from someone who is "professional managerial class" enough to work the system for you.
Coda: periodically they write to you to check that e.g. the two legs you lost have not grown back. This must also be dealt with.
Sounds about like my understanding of how disability works in the US, also. If you have one clear-cut showstopper it's not a problem but anything else expect to be denied and you probably have to hire a lawyer.
You then take the case to tribunal, where it is put in front of a normal non-rigged judge who interprets the law in a reasonable manner, and are awarded your disability benefits.
This process takes about a year and is basically impossible unless you get help from someone who is "professional managerial class" enough to work the system for you.
Coda: periodically they write to you to check that e.g. the two legs you lost have not grown back. This must also be dealt with.