Your Residual Functional Capacity
Your Residual Functional Capacity
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What Is Your Residual Functional Capacity (RFC)?
Your RFC is an assessment of what you are capable of doing and what you are too limited to do.
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Getting Social Security Disability Based on a Medical-Vocational Allowance
If your disability doesn't meet a listing, Social Security may award you benefits based on your inability to work.
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Functional Limitations in Your Medical Record Help Get Social Security Disability
Your functional limitations are the most important evidence for Social Security disability.
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Your Work History: Why It's Important for Social Security Disability
Your work history determines the requirements of your old job (and whether you can do it) and whether you have transferable skills to work at a new job.
How the Social Security Administration Works
How the Social Security Administration Works
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How to Qualify for Disability (What Happens at DDS)
Before making a decision, the DDS claims examiner orders medical records from your doctors and may call you for more information.
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How Social Security Decides if You Can Do Past or Other Work or Are Disabled
Here's how the Social Security Administration decides that you can't work and should receive disability benefits.
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What Happens If You Are Unable to Work for Medical Reasons?
You may qualify for Social Security disability if you can't work any full-time job on a regular basis.
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Top Five Mistakes Made on Your Social Security Disability Decision
Learn about some of the most common errors made in disability denials (that can be corrected on appeal).
RFC Forms
RFC Forms
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Residual Functional Capacity (RFC) Forms for Doctors
An RFC form completed by your doctor can greatly improve your chances of winning Social Security disability benefits. Download a free RFC form here.
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Mental Residual Functional Capacity (RFC) Assessment Form
Here is a mental RFC form for your doctor to fill out (a mental medical source statement).
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How the Medical-Vocational Grid Rules Are Used to Determine Disability
Social Security uses a grid of medical-vocational rules to determine whether applicants over 50 should be found disabled.
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Applying for Disability at Age 55-59: What Social Security's Medical-Vocational Grids Say
Disability applicants over the age of 55 have an easier time getting Social Security benefits thanks to the grid rules.
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Applying for Disability at Age 60 or Older: Using Social Security's Medical-Vocational Grids
When you apply for disability after age 60 but before full retirement age, Social Security applies special age-specific rules when it evaluates your disability.
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Getting Social Security Disability After Age 65 (Before Full Retirement Age)
Disabled folks over 65 can collect Social Security disability benefits rather than retirement.
How Social Security Assesses Multiple Disabilities
How Social Security Assesses Multiple Disabilities
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Multiple Disabilities: Social Security Must Consider Combined Effects
If you have more than one condition on your application for disability benefits, Social Security will take them all into consideration when deciding whether you're disabled.
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Severe and Non-Severe Impairments
Disability applicants frequently have multiple health issues that prevent them from working full time that, when considered on their own, are not serious enough to win a disability claim.
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How Moderate Mental Illness Can Help a Claim for Physical Disability Benefits
People living with chronic physical conditions frequently suffer from depression or anxiety in addition to their physical impairment.
