EDPNA exam study guide questions with correct
answers
Step 1 of the Sequential Evaluation Process Correct 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 non-blind
individuals, statutorily blind is $2460
Self employed individuals are engaging in SGA when Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct Answer-Can the
claimant do other work? The work must exist in significant numbers in
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