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Disability
Step 1 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - CORRECT ANSWER-Is the client
engaging in SGA? SGA is work that involves 1) doing significant physical or
mental activities 2) it is usually done for pay or profit, whether or not profit is
realized. SGA for 2023 is $1470 for non-blind individuals, statutorily blind is
$2460
Self employed individuals are engaging in SGA when - CORRECT
ANSWER-they perform significant services in a business, work comparable to
unimpaired individuals, and or work which is worth the prescribed monthly SGA
amount
CFR's regarding the Sequential Evaluation Process - CORRECT ANSWER-20
CFR 404.1520(a) and 416.920 (a). If it is determined that that a claimant is not
disabled at any step, the analysis stops.
Step 2 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - CORRECT ANSWER-Does the
claimant have a medical determinable impairment and if so, is it severe (it
significantly limits one or more basic work activities required to do most jobs).
Work activities include standing, walking, lifting, seeing, pulling, pushing,
reaching, carrying, handling, and speaking. Can also include mental functions
such as understanding, carrying out or remembering simple instructions, using
judgement, responding appropriately to c-workers and supervisors, dealing with
changes in a routine work setting
Step 3 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - CORRECT ANSWER-Does the
claimant have an impairment that meets or medically equals a listing in Listing of
Impairments? Found in Title 20, Chp. 3, Appendix 1, Subpart P of Part 404. Must
meet the duration requirement (has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous
period of not less than 1 year). The listings describe medically determinable
impairments and associated findings that are severe enough to prevent an adult
from doing any gainful activity, regardless of his or her age, education and work
experience. If the claimant does have at least 1 severe impairment that does not
, meet or equal a listing, the ALJ must assess the claimant's RFC which is the
most the claimant can do on a regular and continuing basis despite his or her
impairment(s), even those impairments that are not severe.
SSR 18-3P, CFR 416.930 - CORRECT ANSWER-Failure to Follow Prescribed
Treatment- Claimant's must follow prescribed treatment from their own medical
source if it is expected to restore one's ability to work, 9 exceptions
Step 4 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - CORRECT ANSWER-Can the
claimant do past relevant work, either as the claimant actually performed it or as
the work is generally performed in the national economy, last 15 years, only
includes jobs that lasted long enough for the claimant to learn to do them, If work
was perfomed in another country, the issue will only be how the claimant actually
performed; not how it usually performed in another country, PRW does not have
to exist in significant numbers
Step 5 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - CORRECT ANSWER-Can the
claimant do other work? The work must exist in significant numbers in the
national economy. The RFC, claimant's age, education, and past-relevant work
experience will be considered at this step, ALJ must refer to the
Medical-Vocational Guidelines in Appendix 2 of Subpart P of Part 404 of the
regulations; has 3 tables, If the claimant's characteristics do not match a grid
rule, the rules in Appendix 2 should be used as a framework in decision making,
VE's may testify regarding
assessing RFC - CORRECT ANSWER-SSR 96-8p and 404.1545
Ruling for considering evidence other that just medical - CORRECT
ANSWER-SSR 16-3P- will consider statements from the individual, medical
sources, and any other sources that have information about an individual's
symptoms, law of The Eleventh Circuit states that testimonial evidence must be
considered
Listing of Impairments - CORRECT ANSWER-Title 20, Chp. 3, Appendix 1 of
Subpart P of Section 404. Part A is for Adults and some children under 18 as
criteria is appropriate- Numbers 1-14, Part B has the the listings for children-
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