EDPNA exam VERIFIED SOLUTION 2023//2024

EDPNA exam VERIFIED SOLUTION 2023//2024 Step 1 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER Is the client engaging in SGA? SGA is work that involves 1) doing significant physical or mental activities 2) it is usually done for pay or profit, whether or not profit is realized. SGA for 2023 is $1470 for nonblind individuals, statutorily blind is $2460 Self employed individuals are engaging in SGA when - ANSWER they perform significant services in a business, work comparable to unimpaired individuals, and or work which is worth the prescribed monthly SGA amount CFR's regarding the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER 20 CFR 404.1520(a) and 416.920 (a). If it is determined that that a claimant is not disabled at any step, the analysis stops. Step 2 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER Does the claimant have a medical determinable impairment and if so, is it severe (it significantly limits one or more basic work activities required to do most jobs). Work activities include standing, walking, lifting, seeing, pulling, pushing, reaching, carrying, handling, and speaking. Can also include mental functions such as understanding, carrying out or remembering simple instructions, using judgement, responding appropriately to c-workers and supervisors, dealing with changes in a routine work setting Step 3 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER Does the claimant have an impairment that meets or medically equals a listing in Listing of Impairments? Found in Title 20, Chp. 3, Appendix 1, Subpart P of Part 404. Must meet the duration requirement (has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 1 year). The listings describe medically determinable impairments and associated findings that are severe enough to prevent an adult from doing any gainful activity, regardless of his or her age, education and work experience. If the claimant does have at least 1 severe impairment that does not meet or equal a listing, the ALJ must assess the claimant's RFC which is the most the claimant can do on a regular and continuing basis despite his or her impairment(s), even those impairments that are not severe. SSR 18-3P, CFR 416.930 - ANSWER Failure to Follow Prescribed TreatmentClaimant's must follow prescribed treatment from their own medical source if it is expected to restore one's ability to work, 9 exceptions Step 4 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER Can the claimant do past relevant work, either as the claimant actually performed it or as the work is generally performed in the national economy, last 15 years, only includes jobs that lasted long enough for the claimant to learn to do them, If work was perfomed in another country, the issue will only be how the claimant actually performed; not how it usually performed in another country, PRW does not have to exist in significant numbers Step 5 of the Sequential Evaluation Process - ANSWER Can the claimant do other work? The work must exist in significant numbers in the national economy. The RFC, claimant's age, education, and past-relevant work experience will be considered at this step, ALJ must refer to the Medical-Vocational Guidelines in Appendix 2 of Subpart P of Part 404 of the regulations; has 3 tables, If the claimant's characteristics do not match a grid rule, the rules in Appendix 2 should be used as a framework in decision making, VE's may testify regarding assessing RFC - ANSWER SSR 96-8p and 404.1545 Ruling for considering evidence other that just medical - ANSWER SSR 16-3P- will consider statements from the individual, medical sources, and any other sources that have information about an individual's symptoms, law of The Eleventh Circuit states that testimonial evidence must be considered Listing of Impairments - ANSWER Title 20, Chp. 3, Appendix 1 of Subpart P of Section 404. Part A is for Adults and some children under 18 as criteria is appropriate- Numbers 1-14, Part B has the the listings for children- 100-114 General definition of disability under Title I and Title XVI - ANSWER an inability to engage in any SGA by reason of any medical determinable physical or mental impairment which can expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous pd. of not less than 12 mo. Labor market info. sources- 20 CFR 404.1566 - ANSWER DOT (Dept. of Labor), County Business Patterns and Census reports (Bureau of the Census), Occupational Analyses- state employment agencies, Occupational Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics) Exertional Activities - ANSWER Lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, standing, walking, sitting Obesity as an MDI - ANSWER SSR 19-2 p CDR Regulations - ANSWER 20 CFR 404.1594, 416.994, 416.994 a, The ALJ must determine whether the evidence shows medical improvement in the individual's condition from the most recent favorable decision (comparison point decision) to the DDS cessation, reviews may be 6 months to 7 years after the favorable decision, is the medical improvement related to the individual's ability to work/have the functional limitations decreased? Is the individual considered disabled under the basic definition of disability? non-exertional activities include - ANSWER postural (stooping and climbing), manipulative activities (reaching, handling), vision, communicative (hearing and speaking), environmental factors (tolerance of temp extremes or dusty environments) Age 18 redeterminations - ANSWER Uses the same sequential eval process as initial claims, but no step 1 Good cause reasons for missing the request for review - ANSWER seriously ill, death or serious illness in the family, accident such as a fire, claimant did not receive the notic