Social Security Administration Listing of Impairments

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disability evaluation standard federal administrative guideline regulatory listing

The Social Security Administration Listing of Impairments is an official catalog of medical conditions and severity criteria used to determine whether an individual’s disability meets the federal standard for Social Security disability benefits.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
SSA medical listings	1
Social Security Administration Listing of Impairments canonical	1
Social Security disability decisions	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5769481 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Social Security Administration Listing of Impairments
Context triple: [state Disability Determination Services, usesStandard, Social Security Administration Listing of Impairments]

A. Social Security Disability Insurance
Social Security Disability Insurance is a U.S. federal program that provides monthly income benefits to eligible workers who become disabled and can no longer engage in substantial gainful employment.
B. Administration on Disabilities
The Administration on Disabilities is a U.S. federal agency that promotes the rights, independence, and community inclusion of people with disabilities through programs, advocacy, and support services.
C. state Disability Determination Services
State Disability Determination Services are state-level agencies that evaluate medical evidence and make initial disability eligibility decisions for federal Social Security disability programs.
D. social security administration
The social security administration is a public system or authority that manages and delivers social insurance and welfare benefits such as pensions, disability support, and income security to eligible residents.
E. Social Security
Social Security is a U.S. federal program that provides retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits funded primarily through payroll taxes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Social Security Administration Listing of Impairments
Target entity description: The Social Security Administration Listing of Impairments is an official catalog of medical conditions and severity criteria used to determine whether an individual’s disability meets the federal standard for Social Security disability benefits.

A. Social Security Disability Insurance
Social Security Disability Insurance is a U.S. federal program that provides monthly income benefits to eligible workers who become disabled and can no longer engage in substantial gainful employment.
B. Administration on Disabilities
The Administration on Disabilities is a U.S. federal agency that promotes the rights, independence, and community inclusion of people with disabilities through programs, advocacy, and support services.
C. state Disability Determination Services
State Disability Determination Services are state-level agencies that evaluate medical evidence and make initial disability eligibility decisions for federal Social Security disability programs.
D. social security administration
The social security administration is a public system or authority that manages and delivers social insurance and welfare benefits such as pensions, disability support, and income security to eligible residents.
E. Social Security
Social Security is a U.S. federal program that provides retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits funded primarily through payroll taxes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	disability evaluation standard ⓘ federal administrative guideline ⓘ regulatory listing ⓘ
appliesTo	adult disability claims ⓘ child disability claims ⓘ
appliesToProgram	Social Security Disability Insurance ⓘ Supplemental Security Income ⓘ
availability	publicly accessible ⓘ
citedInRegulation	20 CFR Part 404 ⓘ 20 CFR Part 416 ⓘ
containsSection	Part A Medical Criteria for Adults ⓘ Part B Medical Criteria for Children ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
criterionType	medical-only criteria ⓘ
defines	duration requirements for certain impairments ⓘ medical criteria for disability ⓘ severity thresholds for impairments ⓘ
effectOfMeetingListing	presumption of disability ⓘ
effectOfNotMeetingListing	requires consideration of residual functional capacity ⓘ
includesCategory	cancer (malignant neoplastic diseases) ⓘ cardiovascular system disorders ⓘ congenital disorders affecting multiple body systems ⓘ digestive system disorders ⓘ endocrine disorders ⓘ genitourinary disorders ⓘ hematological disorders ⓘ immune system disorders ⓘ mental disorders ⓘ musculoskeletal disorders ⓘ neurological disorders ⓘ respiratory disorders ⓘ skin disorders ⓘ special senses and speech disorders ⓘ
legalAuthority	Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ
legalBasis	Social Security Act ⓘ linked to: Social Security Act of 1935
maintainedBy	Social Security Administration ⓘ
organizedBy	body system ⓘ
publicationFormat	online ⓘ printed regulatory materials ⓘ
purpose	to identify impairments that are severe enough to prevent any gainful activity ⓘ to provide uniform national standards for disability evaluation ⓘ
updatedBy	rulemaking process ⓘ
updateFrequency	periodically ⓘ
usedAtStep	Step 3 of the SSA sequential evaluation process ⓘ
usedBy	Disability Determination Services examiners ⓘ administrative law judges ⓘ federal reviewing officials ⓘ
usedFor	disability determination ⓘ evaluation of medical severity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

state Disability Determination Services → usesStandard → Social Security Administration Listing of Impairments ⓘ

CDRs → usesStandard → SSA medical listings ⓘ

linked to: Social Security Administration Listing of Impairments

Part 404 Subpart P – Medical-Vocational Guidelines → citedIn → Social Security disability decisions ⓘ