Section 11 Definition of "Disability"

• Library: Social Security Administration Practice and Procedure (2011 Ed.)

A disabled adult is an individual unable to perform any substantial gainful activity because of any severe medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1505(a) and 416.905(a). The sequential evaluation is a process that, with the exception of Step 3, see §§25–48, infra, relating to the Listing of Impairments and presumptive...