EDPNA EXAM TEST 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
RATIONALES
◉ 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
Treatment- Claimant'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
STUDY GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
RATIONALES
◉ 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
Treatment- Claimant'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
