Topical and Sequential Evaluation Outlines

• Author: David Traver/David Ferrari
• Pages: 145-168

TOPICAL AND SEQUENTIAL

EVALUATION OUTLINES

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CHAPTER 3

Topical and Sequential

Evaluation Outlines

§300 INTRODUCTION  LIST OF COMMONLY USED RULINGS

§301 POLICY AND PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS

§301.1 Americans With Disabilities Act

§301.2 Applications

§301.3 Attorney Fees

§301.4 Cessations/Terminations

§301.5 Dictionary of Occupational Titles

§301.6 Evidence

§301.7 Hearings

§301.8 Missed Deadlines and Reopenings

§301.9 Nonacquiescence

§301.10 Res Judicata and Applications While a Claim Is Pending at the Appeals Council

§301.11 Subpoenas

§301.12 Fugitive Felon

§301.13 Agency Processes for Addressing Allegations of Unfairness, Prejudice, Partiality, Bias,

Misconduct, or Discrimination by Administrative Law Judges (ALJs)

§302 DISABILITY AND THE SEQUENTIAL EVALUATION

§302.1 History of the Relevant CFR Sections

§302.2 Past Relevant Jobs Need Not Actually Exist, and the Sequential Evaluation

Process Provides Only One Finding of Residual Functional Capacity (RFC)

§302.3 Special Prof‌iles

§302.4 Different Sequential Evaluations for Children’s Cases

§302.4.1 Evaluation Standards for Children’s Cases

§302.5 General

§302.6 Onset and Duration

§302.7 Step One: Is the Claimant Performing Substantial Gainful Activity?

§302.8 Step Two: Is the Claimant’s Impairment “Severe”?

§302.9 Step Three: Does the Claimant’s Impairment(s) Meet or Equal an Impairment in the

Listing of Impairments? — Step Three General Considerations

§302.10 Step Three: Does the Claimant’s Impairment(s) Meet or Equal an Impairment in the

Listing of Impairments? — Medical Equivalence

§302.11 Step Three: Does the Claimant’s Impairment(s) Meet or Equal an Impairment in the

Listing of Impairments? — Specif‌ic Impairments

§302.12 Step Four: Is the Claimant Capable of Performing Past Relevant Work?

TOPICAL AND SEQUENTIAL

EVALUATION OUTLINES

Social Security Disability Advocate’s Handbook 3-2

§302.13 Determining Residual Functional Capacit y (RFC)

§302.14 Past Relevant Work

§302.15 Elements of Past Relevant Work

§302.16 Step Five: Does the Claimant’s Impairment Prevent the

Performance of Any Other Substantial Gainful Activity?

§302.17 Step Five: Before Using the Medical-Vocational Guidelines

§302.18 Step Five: General Considerations

§302.19 Step Five: Transferability of Work Skills

§302.20 Using the Medical-Vocational Guidelines (Grids)

§303 RECENT SSRS NOT DISCUSSED ELSEWHERE IN THIS HANDBOOK

§303.1 SSR 16-1p Titles II and XVI: Fraud and Similar Fault Redeterminations Under Sections

205(u) and 1631(e)(7) of the Social Security Act

§303.2 SSR 16-4p Titles II and XVI: Using Genetic Tests to Evaluate Disability

§303.3 SSR 17-1p Titles II and XVI: Reopening Based on Error on the Face of the Evidence —

Effect of a Decision By the Supreme Court of the United States Finding a Law That We

Applied to Be Unconstitutional

§303.4 SSR 17-3p Titles II and XVI: Evaluating Cases Involving Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

§303.5 SSR 19-3p Titles II and XVI: Requesting Reconsideration

or Hearing by an Administrative Law Judge

§303.6 SSR 19-4p Titles II and XVI: Evaluating Cases Involving Primary Headache Disorders

§303.7 SSR 20-1p Titles II and XVI: How We Determine an Individual’s Education Category