EXR or Expedited Reinstatement is a safety net for people with disabilities that successfully return to work and later lose their entitlement to SSDI or SSI benefits and payments. If benefits ended because of work earnings and that claimant stops working due to the disability within five years of when the benefits ended, Social Security may be able to restart the benefit payments again without a new application. EXR provisions allow six months of temporary cash benefits while SSA conducts a medical review to reinstate benefits.