Section 48 Applying Residual Functional Capacity

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

Determining the claimant's RFC is described as Step 3½, in which the goal is to determine the maximum level of activity that the claimant can perform in order to determine whether the claimant can perform the PRW. Per 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e) and 416.920(e) and SSR 96‑8p, this assessment of RFC is used at Step 4, see §49, infra, of the sequential evaluation process to determine whether the claimant is able to do past...