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Expedited Vocational Assessment Under the Sequential Evaluation Process

SSA · ssa-disability · Published 2012-07-25 · Effective 2012-08-24 · 77 FR 43492

Document

Document number
2012-17934
Federal Register citation
77 FR 43492
CFR reference
20 CFR 404
Type
Rule
Action
Final rules.
Category
ssa-disability
Agency
US Social Security Administration
Publication date
2012-07-25
Effective date
2012-08-24
Docket
Docket No. SSA-2010-0060

Abstract

We are revising our rules to give adjudicators the discretion to proceed to the fifth step of the sequential evaluation process for assessing disability when we have insufficient information about a claimant's past relevant work history to make the findings required for step 4. If an adjudicator finds at step 5 that a claimant may be unable to adjust to other work existing in the national economy, the adjudicator will return to the fourth step to develop the claimant's work history and make a finding about whether the claimant can perform his or her past relevant work. We expect that this new expedited process will not disadvantage any claimant or change the ultimate conclusion about whether a claimant is disabled, but it will promote administrative efficiency and help us make more timely disability determinations and decisions.

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