If the applicant cannot perform any PRW, or the individual has no relevant work, the adjudicator goes to step five. In considering PRW, the SSA examines an applicant’s work experience.

For an impairment to be sufficiently severe under the Social Security Act, impairment or impairments must interfere with basic work-related activities. What activities are considered “basic work-related activities” under the Act?

The Code of Federal Regulations of the Social Security Act contains provisions that detail a five-step sequential evaluation process for determining disability. These five steps flow from the definition of disability found in the Social Security Act.

What Are The Grid Rules?

By Kenton Koszdin on July 23, 2018
In Disability Insurance

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