Topical and Sequential Evaluation Outlines

• Author: David Traver
• Pages: 140-159

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Chapter Three

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

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§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?

§302.13 Determining Residual Functional Capacity (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)