Subpart P — Determining Disability and Blindness

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• §404.1501 Scope of subpart.
• §404.1502 Definitions for this subpart.
• §404.1503 Who makes disability and blindness determinations.
• §404.1503a Program integrity.
• §404.1503b Evidence from excluded medical sources of evidence.
• §404.1504 Decisions by other governmental agencies and nongovernmental entities.
• §404.1505 Basic definition of disability.
• §404.1506 When we will not consider your impairment.
• §404.1508 Reserved
• §404.1509 How long the impairment must last.
• §404.1510 Meaning of substantial gainful activity.
• §404.1511 Definition of a disabling impairment.
• §404.1512 Responsibility for evidence.
• §404.1513 Categories of evidence.
• §404.1513a Evidence from our Federal or State agency medical or psychological consultants.
• §404.1514 When we will purchase existing evidence.
• §404.1515 Where and how to submit evidence.
• §404.1516 If you fail to submit medical and other evidence.
• §404.1517 Consultative examination at our expense.
• §404.1518 If you do not appear at a consultative examination.
• §404.1519 The consultative examination.
• §404.1519a When we will purchase a consultative examination and how we will use it.
• §404.1519b When we will not purchase a consultative examination.
• §404.1519f Type of purchased examinations.
• §404.1519g Who we will select to perform a consultative examination.
• §404.1519h Your medical source.
• §404.1519i Other sources for consultative examinations.
• §404.1519j Objections to the medical source designated to perform the consultative examination.
• §404.1519k Purchase of medical examinations, laboratory tests, and other services.
• §404.1519m Diagnostic tests or procedures.
• §404.1519n Informing the medical source of examination scheduling, report content, and signature requirements.
• §404.1519o When a properly signed consultative examination report has not been received.
• §404.1519p Reviewing reports of consultative examinations.
• §404.1519q Conflict of interest.
• §404.1519s Authorizing and monitoring the consultative examination.
• §404.1519t Consultative examination oversight.
• §404.1520 Evaluation of disability in general.
• §404.1520a Evaluation of mental impairments.
• §404.1520b How we consider evidence.
• §404.1520c How we consider and articulate medical opinions and prior administrative medical findings for claims filed on or after March 27, 2017.
• §404.1521 Establishing that you have a medically determinable impairment(s).
• §404.1522 What we mean by an impairment(s) that is not severe.
• §404.1523 Multiple impairments.
• §404.1525 Listing of Impairments in appendix 1.
• §404.1526 Medical equivalence.
• §404.1527 Evaluating opinion evidence for claims filed before March 27, 2017.
• §404.1528 Reserved
• §404.1529 How we evaluate symptoms, including pain.
• §404.1530 Need to follow prescribed treatment.
• §404.1535 How we will determine whether your drug addiction or alcoholism is a contributing factor material to the determination of disability.
• §404.1545 Your residual functional capacity.
• §404.1546 Responsibility for assessing your residual functional capacity.
• §404.1560 When we will consider your vocational background.
• §404.1562 Medical-vocational profiles showing an inability to make an adjustment to other work.
• §404.1563 Your age as a vocational factor.
• §404.1564 Your education as a vocational factor.
• §404.1565 Your work experience as a vocational factor.
• §404.1566 Work which exists in the national economy.
• §404.1567 Physical exertion requirements.
• §404.1568 Skill requirements.
• §404.1569 Listing of Medical-Vocational Guidelines in appendix 2.
• §404.1569a Exertional and nonexertional limitations.
• §404.1571 General.
• §404.1572 What we mean by substantial gainful activity.
• §404.1573 General information about work activity.
• §404.1574 Evaluation guides if you are an employee.
• §404.1574a When and how we will average your earnings.
• §404.1575 Evaluation guides if you are self-employed.
• §404.1576 Impairment-related work expenses.
• §404.1577 Disability defined for widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses for monthly benefits payable for months prior to January 1991.
• §404.1578 How we determine disability for widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses for monthly benefits payable for months prior to January 1991.
• §404.1579 How we will determine whether your disability continues or ends.
• §404.1581 Meaning of blindness as defined in the law.
• §404.1582 A period of disability based on blindness.
• §404.1583 How we determine disability for blind persons who are age 55 or older.
• §404.1584 Evaluation of work activity of blind people.
• §404.1585 Trial work period for persons age 55 or older who are blind.
• §404.1586 Why and when we will stop your cash benefits.
• §404.1587 Circumstances under which we may suspend and terminate your benefits before we make a determination.
• §404.1588 Your responsibility to tell us of events that may change your disability status.
• §404.1589 We may conduct a review to find out whether you continue to be disabled.
• §404.1590 When and how often we will conduct a continuing disability review.
• §404.1591 If your medical recovery was expected and you returned to work.
• §404.1592 The trial work period.
• §404.1592a The reentitlement period.
• §404.1592b What is expedited reinstatement?
• §404.1592c Who is entitled to expedited reinstatement?
• §404.1592d How do I request reinstatement?
• §404.1592e How do we determine provisional benefits?
• §404.1592f How do we determine reinstated benefits?
• §404.1593 Medical evidence in continuing disability review cases.
• §404.1594 How we will determine whether your disability continues or ends.
• §404.1595 When we determine that you are not now disabled.
• §404.1596 Circumstances under which we may suspend and terminate your benefits before we make a determination.
• §404.1597 After we make a determination that you are not now disabled.
• §404.1597a Continued benefits pending appeal of a medical cessation determination.
• §404.1598 If you become disabled by another impairment(s).
• §404.1599 Work incentive experiments and rehabilitation demonstration projects in the disability program.