Social Security Administration
We are revising the criteria in the Listing of Impairments (listings) that we use to evaluate claims involving musculoskeletal disorders in adults and children under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (Act). The revisions reflect our adjudicative experience, advances in medical knowledge, and comments we received from the public in response to a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Social Security Administration 20 CFR Parts 404 and 416 [Docket No. SSA-2006-0112] RIN 0960-AG38 AGENCY: Social Security Administration. ACTION: Final rules. SUMMARY: We are revising the criteria in the Listing of Impairments (listings) that we use to evaluate claims involving musculoskeletal disorders in adults and children under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (Act). The revisions reflect our adjudicative experience, advances in medical knowledge, and comments we received from the public in response to a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). DATES: These rules are effective April 2, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl A. Williams, Office of Disability Policy, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235-6401, (410) 965-1020. For information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213, or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit our internet site, Social Security Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background We are making final the rules for evaluating musculoskeletal disorders that we proposed in the NPRM published in the Federal Register on May 7, 2018. [ 1 ] The preamble to the NPRM provides the background for these revisions. You can view the preamble to the NPRM by visiting http://www.regulations.gov and searching for document “SSA-2006-0112.” We are making a number of changes in these final rules in response to public comments to…
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Citation: 85 FR 78164
