20 CFR Subpart I - Subpart I—Determining Disability and Blindness
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General (§§ 416.901 - 416.902)
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Definition of Disability (§§ 416.905 - 416.911)
- § 416.905 Basic definition of disability for adults.
- § 416.906 Basic definition of disability for children.
- § 416.907 Disability under a State plan.
- § 416.908 [Reserved]
- § 416.909 How long the impairment must last.
- § 416.910 Meaning of substantial gainful activity.
- § 416.911 Definition of disabling impairment.
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Evidence (§§ 416.912 - 416.918)
- § 416.912 Responsibility for evidence.
- § 416.913 Categories of evidence.
- § 416.913a Evidence from our Federal or State agency medical or psychological consultants.
- § 416.914 When we will purchase existing evidence.
- § 416.915 Where and how to submit evidence.
- § 416.916 If you fail to submit medical and other evidence.
- § 416.917 Consultative examination at our expense.
- § 416.918 If you do not appear at a consultative examination.
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Standards To Be Used in Determining When a Consultative Examination Will Be Obtained in Connection With Disability Determinations (§§ 416.919 - 416.919b)
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Standards for the Type of Referral and for Report Content (§§ 416.919f - 416.919q)
- § 416.919f Type of purchased examinations.
- § 416.919g Who we will select to perform a consultative examination.
- § 416.919h Your medical source.
- § 416.919i Other sources for consultative examinations.
- § 416.919j Objections to the medical source designated to perform the consultative examination.
- § 416.919k Purchase of medical examinations, laboratory tests, and other services.
- § 416.919m Diagnostic tests or procedures.
- § 416.919n Informing the medical source of examination scheduling, report content, and signature requirements.
- § 416.919o When a properly signed consultative examination report has not been received.
- § 416.919p Reviewing reports of consultative examinations.
- § 416.919q Conflict of interest.
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Authorizing and Monitoring the Referral Process (§ 416.919s)
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Procedures To Monitor the Consultative Examination (§ 416.919t)
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Evaluation of Disability (§§ 416.920 - 416.924b)
- § 416.920 Evaluation of disability of adults, in general.
- § 416.920a Evaluation of mental impairments.
- § 416.920b How we consider evidence.
- § 416.920c How we consider and articulate medical opinions and prior administrative medical findings for claims filed on or after March 27, 2017.
- § 416.921 Establishing that you have a medically determinable impairment(s).
- § 416.922 What we mean by an impairment(s) that is not severe in an adult.
- § 416.923 Multiple impairments.
- § 416.924 How we determine disability for children.
- § 416.924a Considerations in determining disability for children.
- § 416.924b Age as a factor of evaluation in the sequential evaluation process for children.
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Medical Considerations (§§ 416.925 - 416.930)
- § 416.925 Listing of Impairments in appendix 1 of subpart P of part 404 of this chapter.
- § 416.926 Medical equivalence for adults and children.
- § 416.926a Functional equivalence for children.
- § 416.927 Evaluating opinion evidence for claims filed before March 27, 2017.
- § 416.928 [Reserved]
- § 416.929 How we evaluate symptoms, including pain.
- § 416.930 Need to follow prescribed treatment.
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Presumptive Disability and Blindness (§§ 416.931 - 416.934)
- § 416.931 The meaning of presumptive disability or presumptive blindness.
- § 416.932 When presumptive payments begin and end.
- § 416.933 How we make a finding of presumptive disability or presumptive blindness.
- § 416.934 Impairments that may warrant a finding of presumptive disability or presumptive blindness.
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Drug Addiction and Alcoholism (§§ 416.935 - 416.941)
- § 416.935 How we will determine whether your drug addiction or alcoholism is a contributing factor material to the determination of disability.
- § 416.936 Treatment required for individuals whose drug addiction or alcoholism is a contributing factor material to the determination of disability.
- § 416.937 What we mean by appropriate treatment.
- § 416.938 What we mean by approved institutions or facilities.
- § 416.939 How we consider whether treatment is available.
- § 416.940 Evaluating compliance with the treatment requirements.
- § 416.941 Establishment and use of referral and monitoring agencies.
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Residual Functional Capacity (§§ 416.945 - 416.946)
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Vocational Considerations (§§ 416.960 - 416.969a)
- § 416.960 When we will consider your vocational background.
- § 416.962 Medical-vocational profiles showing an inability to make an adjustment to other work.
- § 416.963 Your age as a vocational factor.
- § 416.964 Your education as a vocational factor.
- § 416.965 Your work experience as a vocational factor.
- § 416.966 Work which exists in the national economy.
- § 416.967 Physical exertion requirements.
- § 416.968 Skill requirements.
- § 416.969 Listing of Medical-Vocational Guidelines in appendix 2 of subpart P of part 404 of this chapter.
- § 416.969a Exertional and nonexertional limitations.
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Substantial Gainful Activity (§§ 416.971 - 416.976)
- § 416.971 General.
- § 416.972 What we mean by substantial gainful activity.
- § 416.973 General information about work activity.
- § 416.974 Evaluation guides if you are an employee.
- § 416.974a When and how we will average your earnings.
- § 416.975 Evaluation guides if you are self-employed.
- § 416.976 Impairment-related work expenses.
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Blindness (§§ 416.981 - 416.986)
- § 416.981 Meaning of blindness as defined in the law.
- § 416.982 Blindness under a State plan.
- § 416.983 How we evaluate statutory blindness.
- § 416.984 If you are statutorily blind and still working.
- § 416.985 How we evaluate other visual impairments.
- § 416.986 Why and when we will find that you are no longer entitled to benefits based on statutory blindness.
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Disability Redeterminations for Individuals Who Attain Age 18 (§ 416.987)
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Continuing or Stopping Disability or Blindness (§§ 416.988 - 416.999d)
- § 416.988 Your responsibility to tell us of events that may change your disability or blindness status.
- § 416.989 We may conduct a review to find out whether you continue to be disabled.
- § 416.989a We may conduct a review to find out whether you continue to be blind.
- § 416.990 When and how often we will conduct a continuing disability review.
- § 416.991 If your medical recovery was expected and you returned to work.
- § 416.992 What happens if you fail to comply with our request for information.
- § 416.992a [Reserved]
- § 416.993 Medical evidence in continuing disability review cases.
- § 416.994 How we will determine whether your disability continues or ends, disabled adults.
- § 416.994a How we will determine whether your disability continues or ends, and whether you are and have been receiving treatment that is medically necessary and available, disabled children.
- § 416.995 If we make a determination that your physical or mental impairment(s) has ceased, did not exist or is no longer disabling (Medical Cessation Determination).
- § 416.996 Continued disability or blindness benefits pending appeal of a medical cessation determination.
- § 416.998 If you become disabled by another impairment(s).
- § 416.999 What is expedited reinstatement?
- § 416.999a Who is eligible for expedited reinstatement?
- § 416.999b How do I request reinstatement?
- § 416.999c How do we determine provisional benefits?
- § 416.999d How do we determine reinstated benefits?
Authority:
Secs. 221(m), 702(a)(5), 1611, 1614, 1619, 1631(a), (c), (d)(1), and (p), and 1633 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 421(m), 902(a)(5), 1382, 1382c, 1382h, 1383(a), (c), (d)(1), and (p), and 1383b); secs. 4(c) and 5, 6(c)–(e), 14(a), and 15, Pub. L. 98–460, 98 Stat. 1794, 1801, 1802, and 1808 (42 U.S.C. 421 note, 423 note, and 1382h note).
Source:
45 FR 55621, Aug. 20, 1980, unless otherwise noted.