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 2012_register executive 2012-07-26 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7fcaf9b D09002ee1c7fcb021 United States Social Security Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency 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. 77 FR 43492 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-07-25/2012-17934 2012-17934 fr25jy12-3 RIN 0960-AH26 4191-02-P Docket No. SSA-2010-0060 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-07-25/2012-17934 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-07-25/html/2012-17934.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-07-25/pdf/2012-17934.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Blind Disability Benefits Old-Age Survivors Disability Insurance Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Social Security Aged Public Assistance Programs Supplemental Security Income (Ssi) 5 p. 43492 43496 77 FR 43492 Title 20 Part 404 20 CFR Part 404 Title 20 Part 416 20 CFR Part 416 RIN 0960-AH26 Expedited Vocational Assessment Under the Sequential Evaluation Process; Federal Register Vol. 77, Issue RULE 2012-17934 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 2012-08-24 Docket No. SSA-2010-0060 4191-02-P 2012-17934 Final rules.

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.

These rules are effective August 24, 2012. Janet Truhe, Office of Disability Programs, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235-6401, (410) 966-7203. For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213, or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit our Internet site, Social Security Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.gov. Administrative Practice and Procedure Blind Disability Benefits Old-Age Survivors Disability Insurance Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Social Security Aged Public Assistance Programs Supplemental Security Income (Ssi) Expedited Vocational Assessment Under the Sequential Evaluation Process , http://policynet.ba.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0425010001 http://www.socialsecurity.gov http://www.socialsecurity.gov/online/ssa-3369.pdf https://secure.ssa.gov/apps6z/radr/radr-fi www.regulations.gov Vol. 77, no. 143 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2012-07-25 continuing daily deposited born digital 230 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-07-25 P0b002ee182fc543e 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr25jy12 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-07-25 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-07-25/pdf/FR-2012-07-25.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-07-25/xml/FR-2012-07-25.xml fdlp 43487 43707 DGPO 2012-07-26 2024-06-03 FR-2012-07-25 machine generated eng FR FR-2012-07-25 77 143