United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2003_register executive 2010-09-23 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c81757ee D09002ee1c8175896 United States Social Security Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency For purposes of this document, "we," "our," and "SSA" refer to the Social Security Administration and State agencies that make disability determinations for the Social Security Administration. "You" and "your" refer to individuals who claim benefits from the Social Security Administration based on "disability." In this final rule we clarify our rules about the responsibility that you have to provide evidence and the responsibility that we have to develop evidence in connection with your claim of disability. This includes our rules about when we assess your residual functional capacity (RFC) and how we use this RFC assessment when we decide whether you can do your past relevant work or other work. These clarifications address issues of responsibility raised by some courts in recent cases; clarify that we may use vocational experts (VEs), vocational specialists (VSs), or other resources to obtain evidence we need to help us determine whether your impairment(s) prevents you from doing your past relevant work; add a special provision to our rules stating that, if you are at least 55 years old, and specific other circumstances are present, we will find that you are disabled; and make a number of minor editorial changes to clarify and update the language of our rules, and to use simpler language in keeping with our goal of using plain language in our regulations. 68 FR 51153 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-08-26/03-21610 03-21610 fr26au03-4 RIN 0960-AF37 4191-02-P Regulations Nos. 4 and 16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-08-26/03-21610 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-08-26/html/03-21610.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-08-26/pdf/03-21610.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Blind Disability Benefits Old-Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Social Security Aged Public Assistance Programs Supplemental Security Income (Ssi) 15 p. 51153 51167 68 FR 51153 Title 20 Part 404 20 CFR Part 404 Title 20 Part 416 20 CFR Part 416 RIN 0960-AF37 Clarification of Rules Involving Residual Functional Capacity Assessments; Clarification of Use of Vocational Experts and Other Sources at Step 4 of the Sequential Evaluation Process; Incorporation of “Special Profile” Into Regulations; Federal Register Vol. 68, Issue RULE 03-21610 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 2003-09-25 Regulations Nos. 4 and 16 4191-02-P 03-21610 Final rules.

For purposes of this document, "we," "our," and "SSA" refer to the Social Security Administration and State agencies that make disability determinations for the Social Security Administration. "You" and "your" refer to individuals who claim benefits from the Social Security Administration based on "disability." In this final rule we clarify our rules about the responsibility that you have to provide evidence and the responsibility that we have to develop evidence in connection with your claim of disability. This includes our rules about when we assess your residual functional capacity (RFC) and how we use this RFC assessment when we decide whether you can do your past relevant work or other work. These clarifications address issues of responsibility raised by some courts in recent cases; clarify that we may use vocational experts (VEs), vocational specialists (VSs), or other resources to obtain evidence we need to help us determine whether your impairment(s) prevents you from doing your past relevant work; add a special provision to our rules stating that, if you are at least 55 years old, and specific other circumstances are present, we will find that you are disabled; and make a number of minor editorial changes to clarify and update the language of our rules, and to use simpler language in keeping with our goal of using plain language in our regulations.

These rules will be effective September 25, 2003. Martin Sussman, Regulations Officer, Social Security Administration, 100 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, 410-965-1767 or TTY 800-966-5609 for information about these rules. For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national toll-free number, 800-772-1213 or TTY 800-325-0778, or visit our Internet Web site, Social Security Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.gov. Administrative Practice and Procedure Blind Disability Benefits Old-Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Social Security Aged Public Assistance Programs Supplemental Security Income (Ssi) Social security benefits and supplemental security income: Federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance, and aged, blind, and disabled Residual functional capacity assessments and vocational experts and other sources use, clarifications; special profile incorporation into regulations, http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html http://www.socialsecurity.gov Vol. 68, no. 165 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2003-08-26 continuing daily deposited born digital 291 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-08-26 P0b002ee1809e72f8 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr26au03 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2003-08-26 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-08-26/pdf/FR-2003-08-26.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-08-26/xml/FR-2003-08-26.xml fdlp 51149 51428 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-07 FR-2003-08-26 machine generated eng FR FR-2003-08-26 68 165