SSR 96-3p and SSR 96-4p: (Rescinded June 14, 2018 as duplicative of SSR 16-3p)

• Author: David Traver/David Ferrari
• Pages: 211-228

SSR 963P,

SSR 964P

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CHAPTER 6

SSR 96-3p and SSR 96-4p

(Rescinded June 14, 2018 as duplicative of SSR 16-3p)

SSR 96-3p

Considering Allegations of Pain and Other

Symptoms in Determining Whether a Medically

Determinable Impairment Is Severe

§600 INTRODUCTION

§600.1 Quick Tip

§601 NONSEVERE IMPAIRMENTS AND BASIC WORK ACTIVITIES

§602 COMBINED IMPAIRMENTS

§603 THREESTEP PROCESS AT STEP TWO OF THE SEQUENTIAL EVALUATION PROCESS

§604 REASONABLE DOUBTS GO TO THE CLAIMANT

§605 SKIPPING FROM STEP TWO TO STEP FOUR IS SOMETIMES PERMITTED

§606 FIBROMYALGIA, CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME AND SIMILAR IMPAIRMENTS

§606.1 Fibromyalgia (FM) Def‌ined

§606.2 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Def‌ined

§606.3 Excerpt From an ALJ’s Improper Decision Denying CFS and FM Claims

§606.4 Signs and Symptoms of CFS and FM Demonstrate “Medically Determinable” Impairments

§606.5 Ref‌lex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome as “Medically

Determinable” Impairments

§606.6 Practice Tip

SSR 963P,

SSR 964P

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