I don't think it's that, but they are concerned about how often the government has been burned by those claiming disabilities that don't have one fleecing the government. That has happened enough times that they see bad agents behind every claim and are over reacting a bit and have swung the opposite by being too difficult to work with. All in the hope that it eliminates all fraudulent claims.

Michael C. Fortner
"Maxim 37: There is no such thing as "overkill".
There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload".