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SUBPART P—Determining Disability and Blindness (§404.1501 to §404.1599)

• 404.1501—Scope of subpart.
• 404.1502—General definitions and terms for this subpart.
• 404.1503—Who makes disability and blindness determinations.
• 404.1503a—Program integrity.
• 404.1504—Determinations by other organizations and agencies.
• 404.1505—Basic definition of disability.
• 404.1506—When we will not consider your impairment.
• 404.1508—What is needed to show an impairment.
• 404.1509—How long the impairment must last.
• 404.1510—Meaning of substantial gainful activity.
• 404.1511—Definition of a disabling impairment.
• 404.1512—Evidence.
• 404.1513—Medical and other evidence of your impairment(s).
• 404.1514—When we will purchase existing evidence.
• 404.1515—Where and how to submit evidence.
• 404.1516—If you fail to submit medical and other evidence.
• 404.1517—Consultative examination at our expense.
• 404.1518—If you do not appear at a consultative examination.
• 404.1519—The consultative examination.
• 404.1519a—When we will purchase a consultative examination and how we will use it.
• 404.1519b—When we will not purchase a consultative examination.
• 404.1519f—Type of purchased examinations.
• 404.1519g—Who we will select to perform a consultative examination.
• 404.1519h—Your treating source.
• 404.1519i—Other sources for consultative examinations.
• 404.1519j—Objections to the medical source designated to perform the consultative examination.
• 404.1519k—Purchase of medical examinations, laboratory tests, and other services.
• 404.1519m—Diagnostic tests or procedures.
• 404.1519n—Informing the medical source of examination scheduling, report content, and signature requirements.
• 404.1519o—When a properly signed consultative examination report has not been received.
• 404.1519p—Reviewing reports of consultative examinations.
• 404.1519q—Conflict of interest.
• 404.1519s—Authorizing and monitoring the consultative examination.
• 404.1519t—Consultative examination oversight.
• 404.1520—Evaluation of disability in general.
• 404.1520a—Evaluation of mental impairments.
• 404.1521—What we mean by an impairment(s) that is not severe.
• 404.1522—When you have two or more unrelated impairments—initial claims.
• 404.1523—Multiple impairments.
• 404.1525—Listing of Impairments in appendix 1.
• 404.1526—Medical equivalence.
• 404.1527—Evaluating opinion evidence.
• 404.1528—Symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings.
• 404.1529—How we evaluate symptoms, including pain.
• 404.1530—Need to follow prescribed treatment.
• 404.1535—How we will determine whether your drug addiction or alcoholism is a contributing factor material to the determination of disability.
• 404.1536—Treatment required for individuals whose drug addiction or alcoholism is a contributing factor material to the determination of disability.
• 404.1537—What we mean by appropriate treatment.
• 404.1538—What we mean by approved institutions or facilities.
• 404.1539—How we consider whether treatment is available.
• 404.1540—Evaluating compliance with the treatment requirements.
• 404.1541—Establishment and use of referral and monitoring agencies.
• 404.1545—Your residual functional capacity.
• 404.1546—Responsibility for assessing your residual functional capacity.
• 404.1560—When we will consider your vocational background.
• 404.1562—Medical-vocational profiles showing an inability to make an adjustment to other work.
• 404.1563—Your age as a vocational factor.
• 404.1564—Your education as a vocational factor.
• 404.1565—Your work experience as a vocational factor.
• 404.1566—Work which exists in the national economy.
• 404.1567—Physical exertion requirements.
• 404.1568—Skill requirements.
• 404.1569—Listing of Medical-Vocational Guidelines in appendix 2.
• 404.1569a—Exertional and nonexertional limitations.
• 404.1571—General.
• 404.1572—What we mean by substantial gainful activity.
• 404.1573—General information about work activity.
• 404.1574—Evaluation guides if you are an employee.
• 404.1574a—When and how we will average your earnings.
• 404.1575—Evaluation guides if you are self-employed.
• 404.1576—Impairment-related work expenses.
• 404.1577—Disability defined for widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses for monthly benefits payable for months prior to January 1991.
• 404.1578—How we determine disability for widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses for monthly benefits payable for months prior to January 1991.
• 404.1579—How we will determine whether your disability continues or ends.
• 404.1581—Meaning of blindness as defined in the law.
• 404.1582—A period of disability based on blindness.
• 404.1583—How we determine disability for blind persons who are age 55 or older.
• 404.1584—Evaluation of work activity of blind people.
• 404.1585—Trial work period for persons age 55 or older who are blind.
• 404.1586—Why and when we will stop your cash benefits.
• 404.1587—Circumstances under which we may suspend and terminate your benefits before we make a determination.
• 404.1588—Your responsibility to tell us of events that may change your disability status.
• 404.1589—We may conduct a review to find out whether you continue to be disabled.
• 404.1590—When and how often we will conduct a continuing disability review.
• 404.1591—If your medical recovery was expected and you returned to work.
• 404.1592—The trial work period.
• 404.1592a—The reentitlement period.
• 404.1592b—What is expedited reinstatement?
• 404.1592c—Who is entitled to expedited reinstatement?
• 404.1592d—How do I request reinstatement?
• 404.1592e—How do we determine provisional benefits?
• 404.1592f—How do we determine reinstated benefits?
• 404.1593—Medical evidence in continuing disability review cases.
• 404.1594—How we will determine whether your disability continues or ends.
• 404.1595—When we determine that you are not now disabled.
• 404.1596—Circumstances under which we may suspend and terminate your benefits before we make a determination.
• 404.1597—After we make a determination that you are not now disabled.
• 404.1597a—Continued benefits pending appeal of a medical cessation determination.
• 404.1598—If you become disabled by another impairment(s).
• 404.1599—Work incentive experiments and rehabilitation demonstration projects in the disability program.

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