SSR 96-8p: Assessing Residual Functional Capacity in Initial Claims

• Author: David Traver/David Ferrari
• Pages: 335-376

SSR 968P

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CHAPTER 11

SSR 96-8p

Assessing Residual Functional

Capacity in Initial Claims

§1100 INTRODUCTION

§1101 SSR 968P  SIX MAJOR POINTS

§1102 POINT ONE  RFC “ORDINARILY” DEFINED IN TERMS OF A 40HOUR WORKWEEK

§1102.1 History of RFC and Vagueness

§1102.2 RFC — Clarif‌ication of Full-Time Work by 96-8p

§1102.2.1 Practice Tip

§1102.3 RFC — “Regular and Continuing Basis” and Circuit Case Law

§1102.3.1 Practice Tip — Sample Brief — Less Than Full-Time Work, Sit/Stand at Will

§1102.4 RFC — Vocational Experts, Labor Market Surveys and Part-Time or Temporary Jobs

§1102.5 The Adjudicator’s Duty to Develop the Record Before Assessing RFC

§1102.6 The Adjudicator’s Duty to Consider Combined Impairments in Assessing RFC

§1102.6.1 Case on Point

§1102.7 The RFC Assessment Must Be Based on the Entire Record

§1102.8 Duty to Consider Findings of the Psychiatric Review Technique

as an Element in the Finding of Residual Functional Capacity

§1102.9 The ALJ’s Duty to Apply the Psychiatric Technique to the Assessment of Mental Impairments

§1102.10 Practice Tip: Mental RFC Form SSA-4734-F4-SUP

§1103 POINT TWO  RFC EXCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF AGE AND BODY HABITUS

§1103.1 Obesity

§1104 POINT THREE  THE ADJUDICATOR’S DUTY TO DEVELOP THE RECORD,

AS TRIGGERED BY SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS AND EVIDENCE

§1104.1 Case on Point: Developing the Record

§1104.2 Using SSR 96-8p With 96-7p

§1104.2.1 Combining SSRs 96-8p and 96-7p (Credibility) — Illustrative Cases

§1105 POINT FOUR  THE RFC ASSESSMENT MUST FIRST ACCESS

WORKRELATED ABILITIES ON A FUNCTIONBYFUNCTION BASIS

§1105.1 Case on Point

§1105.2 SCO Analysis

§1105.3 Mental Abilities Needed for Any Job

SSR 968P

Social Security Disability Advocate’s Handbook 11-2

§1105.4 The Def‌inition of “Substantial Loss” Is Intentionally Vague

§1105.5 Mental Abilities Needed to Perform Semi-Skilled and Skilled Work

§1105.6 Stress and Demands of Work

§1105.6.1 Cases on Point

§1105.7 Using the Function-by-Function Assessment

§1106 POINT FIVE  THE LEAST A PERSON CAN DO IS NOT A PROPER RFC

§1107 POINT SIX  THE NATURE OF THE FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS CAUSED BY MEDICAL

IMPAIRMENTS AND RELATED SYMPTOMS DETERMINES THEIR CLASSIFICATIONS AS

EXERTIONAL OR NONEXERTIONAL

§1108 OTHER POINTS  NARRATIVE DISCUSSION

§1108.1 “Material Inconsistencies”

SSR 968P

11-3 SSR 96-8p §1102

§1100 INTRODUCTION

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ϖερψ ηεαϖψ.

 λεαστµοστ.

 

−





§1102 POINT ONE  RFC “ORDINARILY” DEFINED

IN TERMS OF A 40HOUR WORKWEEK

§1102.1 History of RFC and Vagueness

Ρεσιδυαλ φυνχτιοναλ χαπαχιτψ   



  









 