---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 220.102"
title: "20"
number: "220.102"
heading: "Non-severe impairment(s), defined."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/220.102"
---

# §220.102. Non-severe impairment(s), defined.

- (a) **Non-severe impairment(s).** An impairment or combination of impairments is not severe if it does not significantly limit the claimant's physical or mental ability to do basic work activities.
- (b) **Basic work activities.** Basic work activities means the ability and aptitudes necessary to do most jobs. Examples of these include—
  - (1) Physical functions such as walking, standing, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, reaching, carrying, or handling;
  - (2) Capacities for seeing, hearing, and speaking;
  - (3) Understanding, carrying out, and remembering simple instructions;
  - (4) Use of judgment;
  - (5) Responding appropriately to supervision, co-workers and usual work situations; and
  - (6) **Dealing with changes in a routine work setting.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231a; 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 12980, Mar. 28, 1991, unless otherwise noted.