20 C.F.R. § 404.1520

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence; a medical opinion is only one type of evidence considered.

Kowalski v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-04-29(e)

Thus, opinion evidence is only one type of evidence an ALJ is required to consider.

Section 404.1520 places the residual functional capacity assessment at step four and assigns the claimant the burden of proof there.

Young v. Apfel · filed 2000-07-28

We reiterate that RFC is determined at step four, where the burden of proof rests with the claimant. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a),(e),(f); 404.1545-46; 404.1560-61; Bowen, 482 U.S. at 146 n.5; Anderson v. Shalala, 51 F.3d 777, 779 (8th Cir. 1995).

When assessing residual functional capacity, the ALJ must consider non-severe impairments but may omit limitations that the evidence does not support.

Gonzalez v. Saul · filed 2019-08-28(e)

The ALJ’s determination was proper because she considered Claimant’s testimony regarding his anxiety, gave great weight to Dr. Solomon’s opinion that it was not severe, and accordingly decided not to impose any additional limitations in her RFC analysis. See 20 C.F.R. §§404.1520(e), 404.1522(a), 404.1545; SSR 96-8p; Castile, 617 F.3d at 927-28; Denton, 596 F.3d at 423-24.

A severe impairment significantly limits basic work activities, and the ALJ must explain how its resulting limitations are accounted for in the claimant’s residual functional capacity.

Benefield v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-02-11(c)

By definition, a severe impairment is an impairment that “significantly limits [a claimant’s] physical or mental ability to do basic work activities.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(c); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1522(a). Thus, in finding that Ms. Benefield’s headaches constitute a severe impairment, the ALJ found that they significantly limit her ability to do basic work activities. The decision never drew a logical bridge between that finding and Ms. Benefield’s RFC, though.

Section 404.1520(e) calls for assessing residual functional capacity based on the relevant evidence when an impairment does not meet or equal a listed impairment.

Tidwell v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-12-09(e)

A claimant’s RFC is the most she can still do despite his limitations and is assessed based on an evaluation of the all relevant evidence in the record. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 404.945(a)(1), (a)(3); SSR 96-8p, 61 Fed. Reg. 34,474-01 (July 2, 1996).

Section 404.1520(e) allows an adjudicator to assess residual functional capacity from sufficient medical and other evidence without a formal medical opinion.

Tucker v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2021-03-03(e)

In any event, a medical source statement or formal opinion is not always required where there is sufficient evidence in the record from which the ALJ can assess a plaintiffs RFC.

An RFC assessment addresses the claimant’s ability to work on a sustained basis; a separate finding about sustained work is unnecessary when that ability is implicit in the assessment.

Rupp v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner of · filed 2021-07-23(e)

The court agrees with defendant that a finding that plaintiff could sustain work on a regular and continuing basis was implicit in the ALJ’s RFC assessment.

Section 404.1520(e) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant evidence in the record.

Hakes v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-03-14(e)

A claimant’s RFC is the most he can still do despite his limitations and is assessed based on an evaluation of all relevant evidence in the record. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 404.945(a)(1), (a)(3); SSR 96-8p, 61 Fed. Reg. 34,474-01 (July 2, 1996).

Section 404.1520(e) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity between steps three and four and account for severe and nonsevere impairments.

Barbaccia v. Saul · filed 2022-05-05(e)

In making an RFC assessment, the ALJ must incorporate all of a claimant’s impairments—both those that are “severe” and “non severe.”

Section 404.1520(e) directs the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence.

Bohnert v. Saul · filed 2022-08-12(e)

The ALJ will “assess and make a finding about [the claimant's] residual functional capacity based on all the relevant medical and other evidence” in the case. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). ... Based on the above, this Court concludes plaintiff’s RFC is supported by some medical evidence.

Section 404.1520(e) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence; mild mental limitations need not be included when they cause no work limitations.

Gomez-Alday v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-09-15(e)

An ALJ must “assess and make a finding about [the claimant’s] [RFC] based on all the relevant medical and other evidence.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). ... Accordingly, unlike in Winschel, the ALJ considered Ms. Gomez-Alday’s mental impairments and determined they did not cause work limitations.

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity while considering the limiting effects of all impairments, including nonsevere ones.

Lewis v. Kijakazi · filed 2022-09-23(e)

However, the ALJ is required to consider the limiting effects of all of the Plaintiff's impairments, including those that are nonsevere, in assessing the Plaintiff's RFC.

At step four, the ALJ must consider the limiting effects of all impairments when determining residual functional capacity.

Hemby v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-07-30(e)

At step four, in determining whether the applicant is capable of performing past relevant work, the ALJ must consider the limiting effects of all the applicant’s impairments to determine the applicant’s RFC. Here, although the ALJ deemed Hemby’s migraine headaches to be a severe limitation, the ALJ failed to consider the limiting effects of Hemby’s migraine headaches. This case is remanded so the ALJ can consider the corresponding functional limitations caused by Hemby’s migraine headaches.

At step four, the ALJ must consider non-severe mental impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, but need not add limitations that those impairments do not cause.

Dyer, III v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-10-28(e)

As stated above, the ALJ must consider all of Plaintiff’s impairments, whether severe or non-severe, when assessing the RFC. In this case, the ALJ considered Plaintiff’s non-severe mental impairments when assessing the RFC and found these impairments caused no functional work limitations.

After step three, the ALJ must assess whether even nonsevere impairments cause work-related limitations and explain why no limitations are warranted if none are included.

Calhoun · filed 2026-02-06(e)

The residual functional capacity assessment requires the ALJ to evaluate whether Plaintiff’s mental impairments call for any work-related functional limitations, and, if not, to explain why none are warranted.

A mild mental limitation found at step two does not, by itself, require a corresponding limitation in the step-four residual functional capacity.

Macfarlane · filed 2026-04-13

The same is not true, however, when, as in this case, an ALJ only assesses “mild” limitations in the four broad functional areas. In fact, “persuasive precedent demonstrates that ALJs are not obligated to include mental limitations in the RFC even when they find ‘mild’ limitations while” assessing the paragraph B criteria.

Section 404.1520(e) defines residual functional capacity as the ability to perform physical and mental work on a sustained basis despite impairment-related limitations and requires the ALJ to consider all impairments, including nonsevere impairments.

Tumlin v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2021-03-31(e)

An individual’s RFC is her “ability to do physical and mental work activities on a sustained basis despite limitations from her impairments.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). In determining a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider all of the claimant’s impairments including those that are not severe. Id.; 20 C.F.R. § 1404.1545; SSR 96-8p; see Doc. 19-2 at 25.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

McDade v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2017-11-09(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to Step Four of the sequential evaluation.

McChord v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2017-12-15(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to step four.

Harris v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2017-12-21(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to Step Four of the disability analysis.

Scott v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2018-02-02(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). This RFC determination must be based on medical evidence that addresses the claimant’s ability to function in the workplace.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine the claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to step four.

Anderson v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2018-02-05(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to step four, and the RFC determination must be supported by medical evidence addressing the claimant’s ability to function in the workplace.

Norwood v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2018-02-05(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). This RFC determination must be based on medical evidence that addresses the claimant’s ability to function in the workplace.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine the claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Cross v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2018-02-08(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520 requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to Step Four of the sequential disability analysis.

Kennel v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2018-02-09(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Before proceeding to step four, the ALJ must determine the claimant's residual functional capacity.

Flynn v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2018-02-20(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, § 404.1520 requires an ALJ to analyze the claimant's impairments and their limiting effects in a function-by-function assessment before determining residual functional capacity.

Bowles v. Berryhill · filed 2022-12-28(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the sequential disability evaluation process under 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520, an ALJ must undertake a “function-by-function analysis” of the claimant’s impairments to determine her residual functional capacity (“RFC”).

At step three, disability is established when the claimant's impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

Savage · filed 2025-12-04(a)(4)(iii)

At Step Three of the disability evaluation process, a claimant will be found disabled if his impairments meet or equal one of the listings in the Listing of Impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

At step three, the ALJ considers only the severe impairments identified at step two when deciding whether the impairments meet or equal a listed impairment.

Horsky v. Saul · filed 2019-08-07(a)(4)(ii), (a)(4)(iii)

However, when determining whether an individual’s conditions are factually equivalent to a listed impairment, the ALJ may only consider the severe impairments determined in Step 2.

At step three, if a claimant’s condition meets or medically equals a listed impairment, the Commissioner must find the claimant disabled regardless of the claimant’s age, education, or previous work experience.

Lewis v. Saul · filed 2019-07-09(d)

It is axiomatic that when a claimant’s condition meets or equals a Listing, the Commissioner must find the claimant disabled without regard to the claimant’s age, education, or previous work experience. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d).

Section 404.1520 requires an ALJ at step three to determine whether a claimant’s severe impairment or impairments meet or equal a listed impairment that is conclusively disabling.

Banach v. Berryhill · filed 2018-07-27

Under step three of an ALJ’s assessment, the ALJ must determine whether a claimant’s severe impairment(s) meets or equals an impairment considered conclusively disabling such that the claimant is impeded from performing basic work-related activities. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520; 20 C.F.R. § 416.920(a)(4)(i)-(v).

If a claimant's impairments meet or equal the medical criteria of a listed impairment, the claimant is considered disabled.

Stokes v. Berryhill · filed 2018-02-27(d)

If a claimant's impairments meet or equal the medical criteria of a listing, the claimant is considered disabled.

Section 404.1520 requires the ALJ to consider all record evidence, including objective medical evidence, and at step three to assess impairment severity by considering the illness’s course and treatment response, not just temporary improvement.

Gentry v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2014-02-04(a)(3), (a)(4)(iii)

Chief among these is the rule that the ALJ must consider all evidence in the record when making a determination, including all objective medical evidence, medical signs, and laboratory findings. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(3); ... By relying on intermittent improvement with treatment, the ALJ focused on the wrong question. Step three asks about the severity of the impairment, see 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), which involves not only periods of improvement but also the trajectory of the illness and the nature of and response to the medications necessary to treat it.

Section 404.1520(e) directs the ALJ to assess a claimant’s residual functional capacity when the severe impairment does not meet or equal a listed impairment.

BULAVINETZ v. Astrue · filed 2009-10-09(e)

If he concludes that the claimant is not engaged in substantial gainful employment and suffers from a severe impairment, the ALJ examines whether the claimant’s impairment meets or equals the criteria of those listed in Appendix 1 of Subpart P of Regulation No. 4. If the impairment does so, and has continued for the required duration, the claimant is disabled. If not, analysis proceeds and the ALJ determines the claimant’s residual functional capacity (“RFC”), which is the ability to perform physical or metal work activities on a sustained basis, notwithstanding limitations for the collective impairments. See 20 CFR § 404.1520(e), (f).

At step three, a claimant is automatically disabled when an impairment or combination of impairments meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

WALKER v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2020-03-31(e)

Ifa claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments is found to be one of the listed impairments, or is found to be the medical equivalent of a listed impairment. a claimant is automatically deemed disabled at step three in the sequential evaluation process. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

At step three, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ to determine whether the claimant has an impairment that meets or equals a listed impairment, and the listing requirements must be specifically applied to the record evidence.

Davis v. Berryhill · filed 2020-03-03(a)(4)(iii)

As stated above, step three of an ALJ’s Five-Step Analysis requires the ALJ to determine whether Plaintiff has an impairment that “meets or equals one of [the C.F.R.’s] listings in [20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1.]” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii) (2012). ... If an ALJ fails to specifically apply the pertinent legal requirements to the record evidence, the court is unable to conduct meaningful review. ... On remand, the ALJ is instructed to specifically identify each element of the listings that are implicated, and apply the record evidence in a manner in which the Court can clearly determine how the findings are relevant to each element of the listing.

At step three, disability requires an impairment that meets or equals a listed impairment and satisfies the duration requirement, with all listing elements present continuously for twelve months.

Everngam v. SSA · filed 2009-04-06(a)(4)(iii)

Because a claimant must satisfy all the elements of a listed impairment, see Rice, 384 F.3d at 369; Huntington, 101 F. Supp. 2d at 391, for a full twelve months, see 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), the ALJ’s determination that claimant did not suffer from a listed impairment is supported by substantial evidence, and must be affirmed.

At step three, disability must be found without considering age, education, or work experience when the claimant has an impairment listed in or medically equal to an impairment in Appendix 1.

Black v. Astrue · filed 2010-01-05(d)

The Commissioner’s rules provide that if the claimant has an impairment that is listed in or equal to an impairment listed in Appendix 1, Sub-part P, following 20 C.F.R. § 404.1599, then a finding of disability will be made at Step 3 without considering the claimant’s age, education, and work experience. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d).

At step three, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ to determine whether a claimant’s severe impairment meets or equals an impairment listed as disabling in the regulations.

Clark v. Astrue · filed 2011-02-25(a)(4)(iii)

If the ALJ finds the impairment to be severe, then he should determine whether the claimant’s condition “meets or equals” an impairment listed as disabling in the regulations. Id. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii); see also id. § 416.920(d).

Section 404.1520(d) requires a disability finding when a claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment, without regard to age, education, or work experience.

Arrington v. Social Security Admin. · filed 2009-12-22(d)

If a claimant meets or equals the criteria of one of the listed impairments, the Social Security Administration will find the claimant disabled, without regard to the claimant’s age, education, or work experience. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d). ... Accordingly, the ALJ properly found that none of Arrington’s impairments met or equaled one of the Listings of Impairments because he did not show that he met or equaled all of the criteria of a listing.

Section 404.1520(d) treats an impairment that meets or equals a listed impairment as establishing disability at step three, regardless of age, education, or work experience.

Roat v. Barnhart · filed 2010-06-07(d)

Additionally, the regulations state that “if an individual has an impairment that is ‘equal to’ a listed impairment,” that individual is disabled regardless of his or her age, education, or work experience.

At step three, the regulation requires an ALJ to consider whether the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or equals a listed impairment.

Calzada v. ASTURE · filed 2010-11-17(a)(4)(iii)

At the third step of the analytic framework established by the Social Security Act, an ALJ is charged with considering whether a claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments is so severe as to meet or equal one of the impairments listed in Appendix One of 20 CFR § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). ... In this case, the ALJ committed legal error by failing to make, or at least articulate, this required assessment.

At step three, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant's impairment meets or equals a listed impairment, which presumptively establishes disability.

Cirelli v. Astrue · filed 2010-11-18(d)

At step three, the ALJ must consider whether a disability claimant has one or more conditions that the Social Security Administration considers conclusively disabling. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d). A claimant is presumptively disabled if the claimant has an impairment that meets or equals an impairment found in the Listing of Impairments.

Section 404.1520(d) requires the Commissioner to determine at step three whether each relevant severe impairment meets or equals a listed impairment.

Cobb v. Astrue · filed 2011-03-17(d)

The third step requires the ALJ to decide whether the claimant has an impairment that “meets or equals” the criteria for an impairment listed as disabling in Appendix 1 to the Commissioner’s regulations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d). Despite having just concluded that the plaintiffs “severe impairments,” included “arthritis, back and neck pain, and depression,” the ALJ’s decision only analyzed whether the plaintiffs mental impairment — i.e., depression — met the criteria for a listed impairment. ... This conclusion does not appear to reflect a proper application of the third step of the inquiry, which requires the ALJ to perform a listing comparison for the relevant severe impairments. The ALJ had concluded that the plaintiffs severe impairments included not just depression, but also arthritis and back and neck pain. ... Thus, the ALJ should have assessed whether that impairment satisfied a listing.

Section 404.1520 requires the ALJ at step three to determine whether the claimant's impairment meets or equals a listed impairment.

Catchings v. Astrue · filed 2011-02-28(d)

At step three of the disability analysis, an ALJ must determine whether a claimant meets or equals a listed impairment. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d).

At step three, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires determining whether a claimant’s impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment; if it does, the claimant is disabled and no further sequential analysis is necessary.

Reynolds v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2011-04-01(a)(4)(iii)

The ALJ’s error was not harmless, for the regulations indicate that if a person is found to meet a Listed Impairment, they are disabled within the meaning of the regulations and are entitled to benefits; no more analysis is necessary. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). Therefore, if the ALJ had properly analyzed Step Three, and had found Reynolds met Listing 1.04, she would receive benefits regardless of what the ALJ’s conclusion would have been at Steps Four and Five.

At step three, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires a finding of disability when a claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment.

McClellan v. Astrue · filed 2011-07-07(a)(4)(iii)

At the third step in the disability evaluation process, a claimant will be found disabled if her impairment meets or equals one of the listings in the Listing of Impairments.

At step three, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ to determine whether the claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment; if it does, the claimant is disabled.

Rios v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2011-09-14(a)(4)(iii)

At the third step of the five-step analysis, the ALJ must consider the medical severity of a claimant’s impairment. If the claimant has an impairment whose severity meets or equals the severity of one of the impairments found in the Social Security Regulation’s “Listing of Impairments,” the claimant is disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

At step three, a claimant is deemed disabled without further analysis when a severe impairment meets or equals a listed impairment.

Moran v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2014-08-22(a)(4)(iii)

Claimants with severe impairments that meet or equal a listing in the Appendix are deemed disabled without further analysis. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

Subsection (a)(4)(iii) treats a claimant as disabled at step three when an impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

Himes v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2014-09-26(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, a claimant is conclusively presumed to be disabled if he meets or equals the level of severity of a listed impairment, or Listing. Crayton v. Callahan, 120 F.3d 1217, 1219 (11th Cir. 1997); 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), (d), 416.920(a)(4)(iii), (d); id. §§ 404.1526, 416.926 (discussing medical equivalency). ... At step three, the ALJ determined that Himes did not meet or medically equal a Listing and was thus not conclusively presumed to be disabled. ... The ALJ’s decision at step three of the sequential analysis is thus supported by substantial evidence.

Subsection (d) treats impairments meeting a listed impairment as presumptively disabling without considering residual functional capacity, past relevant work, or other jobs.

Colcord v. Colvin · filed 2015-02-11(d)

The Social Security Regulations’ “Listing of Impairments” generally describes impairments that are so severe as to be considered presumptively disabling, without further consideration of a claimant’s residual functional capacity, past relevant work, or other jobs. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 416.920(d).

At step three, an impairment that meets or equals a listed disability establishes that the claimant is disabled and eligible for benefits.

Britton v. Colvin · filed 2015-06-02(a)(4)(iii)

The ability to perform light work is incompatible with a listed disability, for a listed disability conclusively establishes that a claimant cannot work and, hence, is eligible for disability benefits. See, e.g., 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

At step three, the ALJ must evaluate whether the combined effect of all the claimant’s physical and mental impairments meets or functionally equals a listed impairment.

Warfield v. Colvin · filed 2015-09-22(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ must consider whether the combined effect of all a claimant’s impairments, both physical and mental, “meets” or “functionally equals” a Listed Impairment.

At step three, § 404.1520(d) requires the ALJ to determine whether the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or medically equals a listed impairment, with enough explanation to permit meaningful review.

Holloman v. Commissioner Social Security · filed 2016-02-08(d)

“At step three, an ALJ is charged with determining whether a claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets, or medically equals, the criteria of an impairment listed in 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d) and 416.920(d).” ... “An ALJ’s decision must provide some discussion of this determination, so as to make meaningful review of the decision possible.” ... “But an ALJ need not “use particular language or adhere to a particular format in conducting his analysis,” as long as “there is sufficient development of the record and explanation of findings to permit meaningful review.””

At step three, the Commissioner determines whether a claimant’s impairments meet or equal listed impairments severe enough to preclude substantial gainful activity.

Hase v. Colvin · filed 2016-09-19(a)(4)(iii)

At Step Three the claimant is disabled if the Commissioner determines the claimant’s impairments meet or equal one of the listed impairments that the Commissioner acknowledges are so severe as to preclude substantial gainful activity. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). ... On this record the Court concludes the ALJ did not err at Step Three because he provided legally sufficient reasons supported by substantial evidence on the record to support his findings.

At step three, the ALJ determines whether a claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or medically equals the criteria of a listed impairment.

Woodson v. Commissioner Social Security · filed 2016-09-28(d)

“At step three, an ALJ is charged with determining whether a claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets, or medically equals, the criteria of an impairment listed in 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d) and 416.920(d).”

At step three, a claimant is disabled if the impairment meets the duration requirement and is listed in Appendix 1 or equals a listed impairment, regardless of age, education, or work experience.

Dean v. Colvin · filed 2016-10-03(d)

The question of whether a claimant satisfies the criteria of one of the impairments listed in the regulations arises at step three of the five-step disability determination—Le., after the hearing officer has determined, at steps one and two, that a claimant has not engaged in substantial gainful activity during the period of alleged disability and suffers a severe impairment. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520, 416.920. The regulations provide that, if a claimant “ha[s] an impairment(s) which meets the duration requirement and is listed in appendix 1 or is equal to a listed impairment(s)[,]” such claimant is disabled, regardless of his or her “age, education, and work experience.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 416.920(d). The claimant bears the burden of demonstrating that he suffers from a particular listed impairment. See, e.g., Shaw v. Chater, 221 F.3d 126, 132 (2d Cir.2000).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(ii) directs consideration of the medical severity of a claimant’s impairments at step two, while § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) directs consideration at step three of whether, based solely on medical evidence, the claimant has an impairment listed in Appendix 1.

Stephens v. Colvin · filed 2016-08-02(a)(4)(ii), (a)(4)(iii)

At step two of the evaluation, the medical severity of a claimant’s impairments is considered. ... The inquiry at step three is whether, based solely on medical evidence, the claimant has an impairment noted in the Listings in Appendix 1.

At step three, the regulation requires consideration of an impairment's medical severity and directs a finding of disability when the impairment meets or equals a listed impairment and the duration requirement.

Williams v. Berryhill · filed 2017-03-17(a)(4)(iii)

We agree with Ms. Williams that the ALJ misapplied the law when he failed to consider whether her conversion disorder met or equaled Listing 12.07. “At the third step [of the five-step evaluation process], we [will] consider the medical severity of your impairments(s). If you have an impairment(s) that meets or equals one of our listings in appendix I of this subpart and meets the duration requirement, we will find that you are disabled.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii).

At step three, § 404.1520 requires determining whether a claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment; if it does, the claimant is disabled.

Coren v. Colvin · filed 2017-05-24(a)(4)(iii)

At step three of the analysis, the ALJ must determine whether a claimant has an impairment that is the same or equivalent to one or more of the § 404 Impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). If the claimant has such an impairment, the claimant is deemed disabled. Id.

At step three, if a claimant's impairment meets the criteria of a listed impairment, the claimant is found disabled and entitled to benefits without proceeding to later steps.

Short Horn v. Berryhill · filed 2017-09-26(d), (a)(4)(iii)

The court finds Mr. Short Horn qualified at step three because his impairments, bilateral knee disorders, met the criteria of Listing 1.02 of Appendix 1. ... Mr. Short Horn is disabled and entitled to benefits. 20 CFR §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) and 404.1520(d).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires an ALJ, at step three, to consider whether the claimant’s impairments singly or in combination meet or medically equal a listed impairment.

Lorenzen v. Colvin · filed 2017-12-19(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, an ALJ must consider whether a claimant’s impairments meet or medically equal a listed impairment, either singly or in combination. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). An ALJ should identify the Listing by name and offer more than a perfunctory discussion. Barnett v. Barnhart, 381 F.3d 664, 668 (7th Cir. 2004). A claimant may also satisfy a Listing by showing that his impairment is accompanied by symptoms that are equal in severity to those described in the Listing. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1526. A finding of medical equivalence requires an expert’s opinion on the issue. Barnett, 381 F.3d at 670; Minnick v. Colvin, 775 F.3d 929, 935 (7th Cir. 2015).

Section 404.1520(a)(4) requires the ALJ to follow a five-step sequential evaluation, including deciding at Step Three whether the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or equals a listed impairment.

Keva Bates v. Berryhill · filed 2018-06-14(a)(4)(iii)

At Step Three of the process, the ALJ must decide whether a claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or equals one of the listings at 20 C.F.R. Pt. 404, Subpt. P, App. 1 (2018). 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the disability evaluator at step three to determine whether the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or equals a listed impairment.

Keva Bates v. Berryhill · filed 2018-06-14(a)(4)(iii)

“At Step Three of the process, the ALJ must decide whether a claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or equals one of the listings at 20 C.F.R. Pt. 404, Subpt. P, App. 1 (2018). 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii).”

At step three, an applicant is disabled if an impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment, and the ALJ must evaluate and explain that comparison.

Joseph v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. · filed 2018-07-13(d)

During step three in the ALJ’s evaluation process, the applicant may show that his impairment meets or equals a listed impairment, in which case, he will be considered disabled without regard to age, education, and work experience. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d); see Turner v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 381 F. App’x 488, 491 (6th Cir. 2010). ... Step three requires the ALJ “to actually evaluate the evidence, compare it to [the applicable] Listing, and give an explained conclusion, in order to facilitate meaningful judicial review.” ... The ALJ properly considered whether Joseph had an impairment or combination of impairments that met or medically equaled the listings. ... Thus, the ALJ applied the correct legal standards, and her findings were supported by substantial evidence.

At step three, the SSA determines whether a claimant’s severe impairment or combination of impairments meets or equals a listed impairment and satisfies the duration requirement.

Blankenship v. Berryhill · filed 2018-09-28(a)(4)(iii)

At step two, the SSA considers the severity of a claimant’s set of impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(c). At step three, the inquiry is into whether a claimant’s severe impairment or combination of impairments “meets or equals one of our listings . . . and meets the duration requirement.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). If the impairment meets a listing in Appendix 1, then the SSA “will find that [the claimant is] disabled.” Id.

At step three, a claimant is presumptively eligible for benefits by proving an impairment meets a listed impairment, and must satisfy all specified listing criteria.

Toliver v. Admininstration Office of the General Counsel Civil Action Suite · filed 2018-12-06(a)(4)(iii)

At step three of the sequential evaluation process, “a claimant is presumptively eligible for benefits” if she proves that she “has an impairment that meets . . . an impairment found in the Listing of Impairments.” Minnick v. Colvin, 775 F.3d 929, 935 (7th Cir. 2015); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). To meet this burden, a claimant must show that her impairment satisfies “all of the various criteria specified in the listing.”

At step three, the ALJ determines whether a claimant's impairments meet or equal a listed impairment, which makes the claimant presumptively eligible for benefits.

Zellweger v. Berryhill · filed 2018-12-17(a)(4)(iii)

At step three of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ determines whether a claimant's impairments meet or equal "an impairment found in the Listing of Impairments"; if so, the "claimant is presumptively eligible for benefits."

At step three, an ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s medically determinable impairments meet or medically equal a listed impairment.

Tuggle v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · filed 2019-05-03(a)(4)(iii)

At step three of the sequential evaluation process, an ALJ is required to analyze a claimant’s medically determinable impairments to determine whether they meet or medically equal an impairment listed in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, App. 1. ... 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii); ... “For a claimant to show that his impairment matches a listing, it must meet all of the specified medical criteria. An impairment that manifests only some of those criteria, no matter how severely, does not qualify.”).

At step three, the disability evaluation considers the medical severity of all severe impairments and finds disability when an impairment meets or equals a listed impairment and satisfies the duration requirement.

LABRADOR v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2019-06-26(a)(4)(iii)

At Step 3, the ALJ is required to analyze all of the impairments that were recognized as severe at Step Two. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) (requiring that “la]t the third step, we also consider the medical severity of your impairment(s). If you have an impairment(s) that meets or equals one of our listings in appendix 1 of this subpart and meets the duration requirement, we will find that you are disabled”).

At step three, § 404.1520 requires the ALJ to determine whether the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

Hunt v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner · filed 2019-07-17(a)(4)(iii), (d)

At step three of the process, the ALJ must determine whether a claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments is of a severity to meet or medically equal the criteria of an impairment listed in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1. ... If a claimants' impairment “meets or equals one of the listed impairments, the claimant is conclusively presumed to be disabled.” ... But importantly, a claimant bears the burden of proving that her impairments meet or equal one included in the Listing. ... In this case, Plaintiff argues that the ALJ failed to discuss and evaluate her obesity and accompanying impairments in accordance with SSR 02-1p in step three of the analysis. The court disagrees. ... The ALJ explicitly mentioned in step two of her analysis that Plaintiff suffered from morbid obesity. Furthermore, at step three the ALJ made clear that obesity is not a listed impairment; however, she did consider the non-listed impairments, including obesity, in combination with Plaintiff’s other impairments. ... Thus, the court concludes that the ALJ properly considered Plaintiff’s obesity – both at step three and throughout the remainder of the analysis.

At step three, the Commissioner must determine whether a severe impairment meets or medically equals the criteria of a listed impairment.

Geathers v. Berryhill · filed 2019-08-12(a)(4)(iii)

If Plaintiff has a severe impairment or combination of impairments, the inquiry at the third step is whether any of these impairments meet or medically equal one of the criteria of an impairment listed in Appendix 1 of the regulations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

At step three, the adjudicator must determine whether the claimant’s impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

Hanlon v. Berryhill · filed 2020-03-02(a)(4)(iii)

In evaluating disability claims, the ALJ must adhere to a five-step inquiry. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(2). ... Having determined that Plaintiff satisfied his burden at the first two steps, the ALJ proceeded to the third step, at which the ALJ considers whether any of the claimant’s impairments meet or equal the severity of one of the impairments listed in the Social Security Act’s regulations (the “Listings”). 20 CFR § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii); see also 20 C.F.R. Pt. 404, Subpt. P, App. 1. ... The ALJ’s conclusion that Plaintiff’s severe impairments prior to March 23, 2015 did not meet or equal the Listings, therefore, was not based on relevant evidence. ... Therefore, the Court finds that remand is necessary for the ALJ to properly analyze whether Plaintiff’s pre-March 23, 2015 impairments met or equaled the severity of Listing 12.04.

At step three, a claimant must prove that an impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment; if it does, disability is conclusively presumed, and if it does not, evaluation proceeds to step four.

Brown v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2019-08-27(a)(4)(iii), (d)-(e)

At Step Three, the claimant has the burden of proving that she has an impairment or combination of impairments that meet or medically equal a listed impairment. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii),416.920(a)(4)(iii); Lusk v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 106 Fed.Appx. 405, 411 (6th Cir. 2004); Foster v. Halter, 279 F.3d 348, 354 (6th Cir. 2001). If the claimant meets or medically equals a listed impairment, she is conclusively presumed disabled. If she does not, the evaluation proceeds to the fourth step. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d)-(e), 416.920(d)-(e).

At step three, § 404.1520(d) requires a finding of disability when the impairment meets the duration requirement and meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

Dilworth v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-09-10(d)

At step three the ALJ must conclude the claimant is disabled if he proves that his impairments meet or are medically equivalent to one of the impairments listed at 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, App. 1, §§ 1.00-114.10 (2010). 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 404.1525, 404.1526, 416.920(d), 416.925, and 416.926. Accordingly, if a claimant’s impairments meet or medically equal the requisite criteria, that claimant’s impairments are of such severity that they would prevent any person from performing substantial gainful activity. ... Nor has Plaintiff shown his condition equaled either listing. Plaintiff essentially argued at the hearing that his ability for weight bearing was impaired and that he experienced listing-level pain. As pointed out by the Commissioner during the telephonic hearing, even if the Court accepted this argument—which it does not—Mr. Dilworth has failed to show his condition satisfied the one-year durational requirement. See 20 C.F.R. Pt. 404, Subpt. P, App. 1 § 1.00(B)(2)(a) (“The inability to ambulate effectively or the inability to perform fine and gross movements effectively must have lasted, or be expected to last, for at least 12 months.”). See also Zimmer v. Colvin, No. 4:14-CV-347-CAN, 2016 WL 310277, at *13 (E.D. Tex. Jan. 26, 2016). But see 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d) (“If you have an impairment(s) which meets the duration requirement and is listed in appendix 1 or is equal to a listed impairment(s), we will find you disabled . . . .”).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the Commissioner to determine at step three whether a claimant’s severe impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment, and meeting a Listing establishes disability.

Geathers v. Berryhill · filed 2019-09-18(a)(4)(iii)

If Plaintiff has a severe impairment or combination of impairments, the inquiry at the third step is whether any of these impairments meet or medically equal one of the criteria of an impairment listed in Appendix 1 of the regulations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). To be found disabled based ona Listing, the claimant’s medically determinable impairment must satisfy all of the criteria of the relevant Listing. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1525(c)(3); Sullivan v. Zebley, 493 U.S. 521, 530 (1990); Otts v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., 249 F. App’x 887, 888 (2d Cir. 2007) (summary order). If the claimant meets a Listing, the claimant is disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

At step three, the agency must determine whether the claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment; meeting or equaling a Listing creates a presumption of disability and ends further sequential evaluation.

(SS) Diaz v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-09-19(a)(4)(iii)

At step three of the sequential evaluation, the ALJ must determine whether a claimant’s impairment or impairments meet or equal one of the specific impairments set forth in the Listings. ... The Listings were “designed to operate as a presumption of disability that makes further inquiry unnecessary.” ... If a claimant shows that his impairments meet or equal a Listing, he will be found presumptively disabled. ... Nonetheless, on this record the court cannot say that the ALJ’s step three finding is free from error and supported by substantial evidence in the record.

Section 404.1520(d) requires a claimant to qualify at step three by meeting or medically equaling the criteria for a listed impairment in Appendix 1 to Part 404.

Jackson v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-09-23(d)

To qualify as disabled at step three of the sequential evaluation, a claimant must meet or exceed the criteria for one of the listed impairments in Appendix 1 to Part 404 of the regulations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ, at step three of the sequential evaluation, to determine whether the claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment and to adequately explain that determination.

Gillespie v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-09-23(a)(4)(iii)

The Social Security regulations create a five-step process to determine whether the claimant qualifies as disabled. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(i)–(v), 416.920(a)(4)(i)–(v). ... At step three, a claimant is deemed disabled if the ALJ determines that the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or equals an impairment listed in the regulations. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). ... Moreover, it is unclear whether the ALJ properly applied the new “C” criteria. ... Given the age of the opinion evidence, the new Listings, the misstatement of the “C” criteria, and the lack of analysis of the “C” criteria, the Court cannot say that the step three finding is supported by substantial evidence. Remand is required for a proper articulation of the reasoning regarding the “C” criteria.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ to find a claimant disabled when the claimant’s impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

Anderson v. SSA · filed 2019-09-26(a)(4)(iii)

This is significant because, if a claimant's impairment meets or medically equals one of the listed impairments at 20 C.F.R. § 440, Subpart P, Appendix 1, then the ALJ must find the claimant disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ, at step three, to determine whether a severe impairment meets or equals a listed impairment; meeting or equaling a listing establishes disability.

TELFAIRE v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2019-09-30(a)(4)(iii)

Third, if the impairment is found to be severe, the ALJ then determines whether the impairment meets or is equal to the impairments listed in 20 C.F.R. § Pt. 404, Subpt. P., App. 1 (the “Impairment List”). 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). If the claimant demonstrates that his or her impairments are equal in severity to, or meet those on the Impairment List, the claimant has satisfied his or her burden of proof and is automatically entitled to benefits. See id. at §§ 404.1520(d), 416.920(d); see also Bowen, 482 U.S. at 146-47 n.5.

Section 404.1520(d) requires the ALJ at step three to determine whether a claimant’s impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

Zadorecky v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-09-30(d)

At step three of the disability analysis, the ALJ examines whether a claimant’s impairment meets or medically equals the criteria of a Listings impairment. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 416.920(d). ... Here, Plaintiff argues that the ALJ failed to analyze whether her Addison’s Disease equaled Listing 9.00B.4., and whether her left arm fracture equaled Listing 1.07. The Court agrees.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the Commissioner to determine at step three whether a claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment; meeting the listed criteria results in a finding of disability.

Pittman v. Saul · filed 2019-10-07(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ must determine if a claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). The Listing of Impairments “describes for each of the major body systems impairments [which are considered] to be severe enough to prevent an individual from doing any gainful activity, regardless of his or her age, education or work experience.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1525, 416.925. To meet a listed impairment, a claimant must establish that he meets each characteristic of a listed impairment relevant to his claim. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1525(d), 416.925(d). If a claimant meets the listed criteria for disability, he will be found to be disabled. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). The claimant bears the burden of establishing he meets a listing. Burch v. Barnhart, 400 F.3d 676, 683 (9th Cir. 2005).

At step three, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires comparison of the claimant’s impairment or impairments with the listed impairments; if an impairment meets or equals a listing, the claimant is disabled, and otherwise the evaluation proceeds to steps four and five.

Novotny v. Saul · filed 2019-10-08(a)(4)(iii)

Step three requires the ALJ to compare the claimant’s impairment or impairments to a list of impairments. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), (d); see also 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, App’x 1 (20 C.F.R. §§ 416.920(d), 416.925 and 416.926). If the claimant has an impairment “that meets or equals one of [the] listings,” the analysis ends and the claimant is found to be “disabled.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), (d). If a claimant does not suffer from a listed impairment or its equivalent, then the analysis proceeds to steps four and five. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a). ... Here, the ALJ did not elaborate on his determination that Petitioner’s fibromyalgia, in combination with her other impairments, did not meet a required listing. Tr. 15. However, the ALJ clearly considered Dr. MacDonald’s opinions, Petitioner’s medical records, the reviewing physician’s opinions, and the observations of Petitioner’s physicians. See generally Tr. 15-19. His lack of discussion of these sources or in Step Three is not grounds for remand when the entirety of his decision and the record as a whole support his conclusion. Vance, 860 F.3d at 1118.

At step three, the adjudicator must determine whether a claimant’s severe impairment meets or equals a listed impairment, including the specified paragraph B mental-functioning limitations, and support the findings with specific evidence.

VERSAGGI v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2019-10-22(a)(iii)

The ALJ found at step three that Plaintiff’s mental impairments were only mild or moderate, and they did not markedly impact her functioning for a continuous period of at least twelve months, which is required for a finding of disability at step three. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(iii). The ALJ only issued conclusory findings at this step, but indicated that support for this finding was “fully discussed below.” (R. at 16.) This Court finds that discussion insufficient under the applicable standard to support the ultimate conclusion. ... The ALJ must therefore restart the five-step analysis at step three. At step three, an ALJ must consider whether a claimant’s severe impairment meets or equals a listed impairment in Appendix 1 to Subpart P of Part 404 - Listing of Impairments, 12.00 Mental Disorders. Part of that assessment is determining whether a claimant’s mental disorder results in extreme limitation of one, or marked limitation of two, paragraph B areas of mental functioning, which include: (1) understand, remember, or apply information; (2) interact with others; (3) concentrate, persist, or maintain pace; and (4) adapt or manage oneself. A marked limitation is where a claimant’s functioning in an area independently, appropriately, effectively, and on a sustained basis is seriously limited. An extreme limitation is where a claimant is not able to function in an area independently, appropriately, effectively, and on a sustained basis.

At step three, the ALJ considers whether the claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment in Appendix 1 to Subpart P.

Baumann v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-10-28(a)(4)(iii)

At Step Three of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ considers whether one or more of the claimant’s impairments meets or equals an impairment listed in Appendix 1 to Subpart P of the regulations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). ... Therefore, Plaintiff failed to show the ALJ erred at Step Three of the sequential evaluation process when determining Plaintiff’s ankle impairments did not meet or equal Listing 1.02A.

At step three, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment.

DeLeon v. Saul · filed 2019-10-31(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ must determine if a claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment.

At step three, § 404.1520(d) requires the ALJ to determine whether the claimant's impairments meet or equal a listed impairment.

Raterman v. Commissioner Social Security Administration · filed 2019-11-20(d)

At step three, an ALJ must determine whether a claimant meets or equals “one of a number of listed impairments that the [Commissioner] acknowledges are so severe as to preclude substantial gainful activity.” Yuckert, 482 U.S. at 141; 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 416.920(d).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the Commissioner to determine at step three whether a claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment; if they do, the claimant is found disabled.

Guillen v. Saul · filed 2019-12-02(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ must determine if a claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment. 20 C.F.R. §§ 416.920(a)(4)(iii); 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). ... Any deficiency in the ALJ’s analysis of Listing 11.02 would be harmless error, as Plaintiff has not met her burden of showing her symptoms are of equal severity and duration to Listing 11.02. See Burch, 400 F.3d at 683. Plaintiff is not entitled to remand on these grounds.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ to determine at step three whether the claimant's impairment or combination of impairments meets or equals a listed impairment.

SANCHEZ v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2019-12-09(a)(4)(iii)

Under step three, the ALJ determines whether the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments is equal to, or exceeds, one of those included in the Listing of Impairments in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1. ... Because Plaintiff failed to present medical evidence to rebut ALJ LeCours’ determinations, this Court finds that the Step Three analysis was sufficient and judicially reviewable.

At step three, the regulation requires the ALJ to determine whether the claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment; meeting the listed criteria requires a finding of disability.

Perez v. Kijakazi · filed 2019-12-17(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ must determine if a claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). The Listing of Impairments “describes for each of the major body systems impairments [which are considered] to be severe enough to prevent an individual from doing any gainful activity, regardless of his or her age, education or work experience.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1525. To meet a listed impairment, a claimant must establish that he meets each characteristic of a listed impairment relevant to his claim. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1525(d). If a claimant meets the listed criteria for disability, he will be found to be disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). The claimant bears the burden of establishing he meets a listing. Burch, 400 F.3d at 683.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) and (d) treats a claimant as disabled at step three when the impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment and satisfies the twelve-month duration requirement.

Mccollim v. Saul · filed 2020-01-13(a)(4)(iii) and (d)

A claimant is presumptively disabled if she has an impairment or combination of impairments of a severity that meets or medically equals the requirements of a listing and meets the twelve-month duration requirement. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) and (d), 416.920(a)(4)(iii) and (d).

At step three, a claimant is disabled if the impairment meets the durational requirement and meets or equals a listed impairment in Appendix 1.

Shaw v. Saul · filed 2020-02-04(d)

A claimant is considered disabled at step three when her impairment meets the durational requirement and her impairment meets or equals a listed impairment in Appendix 1. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d). ... The Court finds the ALJ and Appeals Council findings are supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1520 requires disability claims to be evaluated through a five-step process, including a step-three determination of whether the claimant has a listed impairment.

Frey v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · filed 2020-02-19

At step three of the disability analysis, the ALJ must determine if plaintiff suffers from a listed impairment. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520, 416.920. ... Thus, remand is warranted so that the ALJ may address the conflicting evidence of record and adequately explain his reasoning as to why plaintiff meets or does not meet the paragraph (B) criteria of all the relevant listed impairments.

At step three, the regulation requires an ALJ to determine whether a claimant’s medically determinable impairments meet or medically equal a listed impairment.

LeRouge v. Saul · filed 2020-02-25(a)(4)(iii)

At step three of the sequential evaluation process, an ALJ is required to analyze a claimant’s medically determinable impairments to determine whether they meet or medically equal an impairment listed in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, App. 1. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

At step three, an ALJ must determine whether a claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment and separately address each supported alternative listing pathway.

Sprankles v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-02-27(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ must determine whether one of Ms. Sprankles’ impairments meets or equals an impairment listed in the regulations. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). ... The Court agrees with Ms. Sprankles that the paragraph B criteria cannot replace or substitute the ALJ’s consideration of paragraph C criteria because paragraph C is a separate and alternative means of finding disability. ... If the record contains evidence relevant to paragraph C criteria, the ALJ erred by not addressing it separately and making specific findings related to it. Therefore, the Court remands so that the ALJ may adequately explain with supporting evidence whether Ms. Sprankles meets the requirements of paragraph C under Listing 12.04.

Section 404.1520(a) establishes a five-step sequential analysis for determining disability; at step three, the ALJ evaluates the severity of the claimant’s impairments and whether they meet or equal a listed impairment.

Williams v. Social Security · filed 2020-03-09(a)

At Step Three, the ALJ must consider the medical severity of a claimant’s impairments and whether the impairments meet or equal one of the Social Security Listings. Id. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

Section 404.1520(d) requires the ALJ at step three to determine whether a claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment and to adequately evaluate the evidence supporting that determination.

Cooke v. Kijikazi · filed 2020-03-13(d)

At step three of the evaluation process, the ALJ must determine whether a claimant has an impairment or combination of impairments that meets or equals a condition contained in the listings. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 416.920(d). ... Although a claimant bears the burden of proving that he or she has an impairment or combination of impairments that meets or equals the criteria of a listed impairment, the ALJ must still discuss and evaluate the evidence before concluding that a claimant’s impairments fail to meet or equal a listing. ... Thus, the matter must be remanded for proper consideration of whether Plaintiff meets or equals the listing.

At step three, the regulation requires a finding of disability when a claimant has an impairment that meets or medically equals a listed impairment and satisfies the duration requirement.

Khaling v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · filed 2020-03-17(a)(4)(iii)

Social Security regulations provide that, at step three of the sequential evaluation process, if a claimant has “an impairment(s) that meets or equals one of our listings in appendix 1 of this subpart and meets the duration requirement, we will find that you are disabled.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

At step three, the Commissioner must determine whether the claimant’s impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment; failure to satisfy the listing criteria supports a finding of no disability at that step.

Nelson v. Saul · filed 2020-03-20(d)

At step three of the evaluation process, the ALJ must determine whether a claimant has an impairment or combination of impairments that meets or equals a condition contained in the listings. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d). ... However, Plaintiff’s condition does not fulfill the first criteria of the listing: “weight loss due to any digestive disorder.” ... Furthermore, Plaintiff does not fulfill the second criteria of the listing: “weight loss . . . despite continuing treatment as prescribed.” ... For these reasons, the ALJ’s step three finding is legally sufficient.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ at step three to determine whether the claimant has an impairment that meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

Peacock v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-03-20(a)(4)(iii)

At Step Three of the five-step evaluation process, the ALJ considers whether the claimant has an impairment that satisfies the criteria set forth in the Listings. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). “[A] claimant who meets the requirements of a listed impairment will be deemed conclusively disabled.” ... Without a citation to any such evidence, the Court finds no error in the ALJ’s Step Three analysis.

At step three, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or medically equals a listed impairment; if it does, the claimant is found disabled without considering age, education, or work experience.

Aldrich v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-03-23(a)(4)(iii), (d)

Step three requires the ALJ to consider whether the claimant’s impairment(s) “meets or equals one of [the] listings in appendix 1 to subpart P of part 404 of this chapter.” Id. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), (d). If a claimant’s impairment(s), considered singly or in combination with other impairments, meets or equals a listed impairment, the claimant will be found disabled without considering age, education, and work experience. Id. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), (d). ... Although Plaintiff recites the text of each listing and then sets out some facts after each, she offers no analysis of the requirements of each listing nor does she attempt to show how the medical evidence supports each element of each listing. The Court finds that Plaintiff has not met her burden and that substantial evidence supports that ALJ’s step three finding as set forth below.

At step three, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s impairment or impairments meet or equal a listed impairment; meeting or equaling a Listing results in presumptive disability.

(SS) Bolger v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-03-25(a)(4)(iii)

At step three of the sequential evaluation, the ALJ must determine whether a claimant’s impairment or impairments meet or equal one of the specific impairments set forth in the Listings. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). The physical and mental conditions contained in the Listings are considered so severe that “they are irrebuttably presumed disabling, without any specific finding as to the claimant’s ability to perform his past relevant work or any other jobs.” Lester v. Chater, 81 F.3d 821, 828 (9th Cir. 1995). The Listings were “designed to operate as a presumption of disability that makes further inquiry unnecessary.” Sullivan v. Zebley, 493 U.S. 521, 532 (1990); see also Lewis v. Apfel, 236 F.3d 503, 512 (9th Cir. 2001). If a claimant shows that her impairments meet or equal a Listing, she will be found presumptively disabled. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1525-404.1526, 416.925-416.926.

At step three, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant's impairments meet or equal a listed impairment, and the court upheld the ALJ's determination that they did not.

Sumpay v. Saul · filed 2020-03-27(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ must determine if a claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment. 20 C.F.R. §§ 416.920(a)(4)(iii), 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). ... The Court finds the ALJ did not error at step three, and any error would be harmless.

At step three, once an ALJ finds a medically determinable impairment severe, she must determine whether it meets or equals a listed impairment in appendix 1.

King, Jr. v. Berryhill · filed 2020-03-31(a)(4)(iii)

When an ALJ finds that a claimant has a medically determinable impairment that is “severe,” she must determine whether the identified “impairment(s) meets or equals a listed impairment in appendix 1.”

At step three, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ to determine whether the claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment; if they do, the claimant is disabled.

Grant v. Kijakazi · filed 2020-04-07(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ must determine if a claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). ... If a claimant meets the listed criteria for disability, she will be found to be disabled. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii).

At step three of the disability evaluation, an ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s impairments meet or medically equal a listed impairment.

Boykin-Sullivan v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · filed 2020-04-10(a)(4)(iii)

In determining whether a claimant is disabled, an ALJ must consider whether the claimant’s impairments meet Social Security Listing requirements. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). If the impairment is listed or is medically equivalent to a listed impairment, the claimant is found disabled and benefits are awarded. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) provides that a claimant is disabled at Step Three when the impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

Glenn v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-04-16(a)(4)(iii)

At Step Three of the disability evaluation process, a claimant will be found disabled if his impairment meets or equals one of the listings in the Listing of Impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

Section 404.1520(d) treats an impairment that meets or medically equals a listed impairment at Step Three as presumptively disabling.

McCarthy v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · filed 2020-04-30(d)

“The listings set forth medical criteria pursuant to which impairments of various bodily systems will be considered presumptively disabling.” Id. (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d)).

At step three, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires finding a claimant disabled if the impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

McIntosh v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-05-05(a)(4)(iii)

Finding No. 4 addressed the third step in the sequential evaluation process. At this step, a claimant will be found disabled if his impairment meets or medically equals one of the listings in the Listing of Impairments. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii); Turner v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., 381 F. Appx. 488, 491 (6th Cir. 2010).

Section 404.1520(d) requires the ALJ at step three to determine whether the claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment.

Alfaro v. Kijakazi · filed 2020-05-08(d)

At step three of the evaluation process, the ALJ must determine whether a claimant has an impairment or combination of impairments that meets or equals an impairment contained in the listings. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d). ... These findings reasonably indicate that Plaintiff does not meet the requirements of listing 1.02B and the ALJ’s consideration of that listing is legally sufficient.

At step three, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s severe impairments, alone or in combination, meet or equal a listed impairment.

Hofmann v. Commissioner Social Security Administration · filed 2020-05-08(a)(4)(iii)

At step three of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must consider whether a claimant’s severe impairments, either separately or in combination, meet or equal one of the presumptively disabling impairments listed in the regulations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii); see 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix I.

At step three, the ALJ compares the claimant’s impairments with the listed impairments and considers whether the impairments, alone or in combination, are medically equivalent to a listing.

Childs v. Berryhill · filed 2020-05-12(a)(4)(iii)

The dispute here stems from determinations made at step three of the disability assessment. By way of reminder, at this point in the process, the ALJ considers the “medical severity of Plaintiff’s impairments by comparing the impairments to those listed in 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520.” Carnett v. Colvin, 82 F. Supp. 3d 1, 12 (D.D.C. 2015) (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii)). “If a claimant has impairments that do not meet all the specified medical criteria in a particular listing, he may qualify for benefits by showing that his combination of impairments is equivalent to a listed impairment.” Id. ... After reviewing the record in this case, the Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge that the ALJ failed to adequately explain his analysis at step three. ... Here, the ALJ’s explanation on the equivalence question was insufficient; he did not mention “equivalence” in his actual analysis, instead devoting his brief discussion of the step-three question to whether Plaintiff’s ailments met the listing criteria.

Section 404.1520(d) requires the ALJ at step three to determine whether the claimant’s impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

Orcutt v. Saul · filed 2020-05-12(d)

Step three requires the ALJ to determine whether the individual’s impairments or combination of impairments meet or medically equal the criteria of an impairment listed in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 404.1525, and 404.1526. ... Although Plaintiff points to some evidence in the record that supports limitations related to Listing 1.04A, the ALJ properly assessed all of the medical evidence of record and found she did not meet or equal Listing 1.04A to be disabled at step three. The Court finds that the ALJ’s step three finding is supported by substantial evidence and free from reversible legal error.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ at step three to determine whether the claimant's impairments meet or equal a listed impairment; under subsection (d), meeting or equaling a listing makes the claimant presumptively eligible for benefits.

Bonato v. Saul · filed 2020-05-13(a)(4)(iii), (d)

In the third step of the ALJ’s sequential analysis, the ALJ must consider whether any of the claimant’s impairments meets or equals an impairment specifically listed in the regulations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). “If a claimant has an impairment that meets or equals an impairment found in the Listing of Impairments, a claimant is presumptively eligible for benefits.” Minnick v. Colvin, 775 F.3d 929, 935 (7th Cir. 2015) (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d)).

Section 404.1520 uses a five-step disability evaluation, and at step three a claimant is disabled if the impairment meets or equals a listed impairment.

Luevano v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-05-18(a)(4)(iii)

In evaluating a disability claim, the Commissioner must follow a five-step sequential process to determine whether: (1) the claimant is presently working; (2) the claimant has a severe medically determinable physical or mental impairment; (3) the claimant’s impairment meets or equals an impairment listed in the appendix to the regulations; (4) the impairment prevents the claimant from doing past relevant work; and (5) the claimant can perform other relevant work. ... A claimant is deemed disabled and awarded benefits at step three of the disability analysis if he has an impairment as severe as an impairment listed in Appendix 1 of the regulations.

Section 404.1520(d) requires a claimant to be found disabled at step three without further inquiry if the claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment.

Dechbery v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · filed 2020-05-18(d)

If a claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment, he or she will be found disabled at step three without further inquiry. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 416.920(d).

At step three, meeting or equaling a listed impairment makes a claimant presumptively eligible for disability benefits.

Petergal v. Saul · filed 2020-05-22(d)

At step 3, a claimant bears the burden to prove that her medical condition met or equaled an impairment found in the Listing of Impairments. ... If a claimant has such an impairment, then she is presumptively eligible for benefits. ... Here, the ALJ considered Listings 12.04 (depressive, bipolar, and related disorders), 12.06 (anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders), and 12.15 (trauma- and stressor-related disorders) and concluded that Plaintiff’s mental impairments did not meet or medically equal them. (R. 18). See 20 C.F.R. § 404, Subpt. P, Appx. 1, § 12.00(A)(1); 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 404.1525(a).

At step three, the ALJ must determine whether an impairment meets or equals a listed impairment; if it does, the claimant is disabled without further inquiry.

Curtis v. Saul · filed 2020-06-15(a)(4)(iii), (d)

At step three of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ considers whether one or more of the claimant’s impairments meets or equals an impairment listed in Appendix 1 to Subpart P of the regulations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). ... If a claimant meets or equals a Listing, the claimant is considered disabled without further inquiry. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d). ... The ALJ’s conclusory statement that the record does not contain evidence of listing-level severity is not supported by substantial evidence. “An ALJ must evaluate the relevant evidence before concluding that a claimant’s impairments do not meet or equal a listed impairment. A boilerplate finding is insufficient to support a conclusion that a claimant’s impairment” does not meet or equal a listed impairment.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires a claimant at step three to show that an impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment; meeting a listing requires satisfying all specified criteria, and § 404.1520(d) makes a qualifying claimant conclusively disabled.

Hancock v. Saul · filed 2020-06-12(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ evaluates whether the claimant has an impairment or combination of impairments that meet or equals an impairment in the “Listing of Impairments” (referred to as the “listings”). See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii); 20 C.F.R. Pt. 404 Subpt. P, App. 1. ... “For a claimant to show that his impairment matches a listing, it must meet all of the specified medical criteria. An impairment that manifests only some of those criteria, no matter how severely, does not qualify.” Sullivan v. Zebley, 493 U.S. 521, 530 (1990) (footnote omitted). If a claimant’s impairment either meets the listed criteria for the diagnosis or is medically equivalent to the criteria of the diagnosis, he is conclusively presumed to be disabled, without considering age, education and work experience. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d).

At step three, the ALJ determines whether the claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listed impairment; if it does, the claimant is disabled and the inquiry ends.

Crowley v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-06-12(a)(4)(iii)

During step three of the disability determination, an ALJ considers whether the claimant’s impairment meets or equals one of the listings of presumptively disabling impairments set forth at 20 C.F.R. part 404, subpart P, appendix 1. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). If the claimant’s impairment meets or equals a listing, that ends the inquiry: the claimant is disabled and entitled to benefits. Sullivan v. Zebley, 493 U.S. 521, 532 (1990).

At step three, an ALJ must determine whether the claimant's medically determinable impairments meet or medically equal a listed impairment.

Brown v. Saul · filed 2020-06-15(a)(4)(iii)

At step three of the sequential process, an ALJ is required to analyze a claimant's medically determinable impairments to determine whether she meets or medically equals an impairment listed in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, App. 1. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

At step three, § 404.1520 requires the ALJ to determine whether the claimant’s individual impairments, and their combination, meet or medically equal a listed impairment.

LINDEMEYER v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2020-06-19(a)(4)(iii)

At Step Three, an ALJ is required to consider each of the claimant’s individual conditions in determining whether a listing in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1 has been satisfied. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). In addition, if the claimant has “a combination of impairments, no one of which meets a listing,” the regulations require the ALJ to “compare [the claimant’s] findings with” other potential “analogous listed impairments.” See 20 C.F.R. §404.1526(b)(3). Therefore, at this particular step, the ALJ should review the record and determine whether the ailments in combination are equal to the enumerated impairments. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1523 (“In determining whether [a claimant’s] physical or mental impairment or impairments are of a sufficient medical severity that such impairment or impairments could be the basis of eligibility under the law,” an ALJ must “consider the combined effect of all of [a claimant’s] impairments without regard to whether any such impairment, if considered separately, would be of sufficient severity.”).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ, at step three of the sequential evaluation, to determine whether the claimant's severe impairment meets or equals a listed impairment.

LINDEMEYER v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2020-06-19(a)(4)(iii)

At Step Three, an ALJ is required to consider each of the claimant’s individual conditions in determining whether a listing in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1 has been satisfied. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). In addition, if the claimant has “a combination of impairments, no one of which meets a listing,” the regulations require the ALJ to “compare [the claimant’s] findings with” other potential “analogous listed impairments.” See 20 C.F.R. §404.1526(b)(3). Therefore, at this particular step, the ALJ should review the record and determine whether the ailments in combination are equal to the enumerated impairments. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1523 (“In determining whether [a claimant’s] physical or mental impairment or impairments are of a sufficient medical severity that such impairment or impairments could be the basis of eligibility under the law,” an ALJ must “consider the combined effect of all of [a claimant’s] impairments without regard to whether any such impairment, if considered separately, would be of sufficient severity.”).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) provides that a claimant who meets or equals all criteria of a listed impairment for at least one year is found disabled without further assessment.

Washington v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2020-06-22(a)(4)(iii)

If the medical evidence shows a claimant meets or equals all criteria of any of the Listed impairments for at least one year, he will be found disabled without further assessment. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

At step three, an impairment that meets the duration requirement and meets or equals a listed impairment results in a finding of disability without considering age, education, or work experience.

Hollins v. Saul · filed 2020-06-24(d)

20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d) (“If you have an impairment(s) which meets the duration requirement and is listed in appendix 1 or is equal to a listed impairment(s), we will find you disabled without considering your age, education, and work experience.”); see also 20 C.F.R. § 404.1525(a) (“The Listing of Impairments (the listings) . . . describes for each of the major body systems impairments that we consider to be severe enough to prevent an individual from doing any gainful activity, regardless of his or her age, education, or work experience.”).

Section 404.1520(d) treats a claimant as conclusively disabled at step three when the claimant’s condition meets or exceeds a listed impairment, without requiring findings about past or other work.

(SS) Longoria v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-06-29(d)

The impairments that meet the conditions outlined in the step three “Listing of Impairments” are those considered so severe that they are presumed disabling, without any specific finding whether the claimant retains the ability to perform his prior work or any other jobs. Lester v. Chater, 81 F.3d 821, 828 (9th Cir.1995) (citing 20 C.F.R. §404.1520(d)). In other words, a claimant is found to be conclusively disabled at step three if her condition meets or exceeds a listed impairment. Id.

Section 404.1520 provides that at step three the ALJ considers whether an impairment meets or equals a listed impairment, and a claimant who meets or equals a Listing is considered disabled without further inquiry.

Fernandez v. Kijakazi · filed 2020-07-08(a)(4)(iii), (d)

At step three of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ considers whether one or more of the claimant’s impairments meets or equals an impairment listed in Appendix 1 to Subpart P of the regulations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). Each Listing sets forth the “symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings” which must be established for a claimant’s impairment to meet the Listing. Tackett v. Apfel, 180 F.3d 1094, 1099 (9th Cir. 1999). If a claimant meets or equals a Listing, the claimant is considered disabled without further inquiry. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d).

At step three, a claimant who meets or equals a listed impairment is presumptively eligible for benefits.

Pieske v. Saul · filed 2020-07-20(d)

At step 3, a claimant bears the burden to prove that her medical condition met or equaled an impairment found in the Listing of Impairments. ... If a claimant has such an impairment, then she is presumptively eligible for benefits. Minnick v. Colvin, 775 F.3d 929, 935 (7th Cir. 2015) (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d)); see also Barnett v. Barnhart, 381 F.3d 664, 668 (7th Cir. 2004); Anthony G., 2020 WL 439964, at *4. ... “In considering whether a claimant’s condition meets or equals a listed impairment, an ALJ must discuss the listing by name and offer more than perfunctory analysis of the listing.” ... The ALJ’s decision devoted a single sentence to this finding, stating only that Plaintiff did “not have an impairment or combination of impairments that meets or medically equals the severity of one of the listed impairments . . . . ” (R. 74). The ALJ failed to mention any specific Listing by name or to perform any analysis of the applicability of any Listing. (See R. 74; see also 77). This superficial step 3 finding falls short of even the sort of “perfunctory analysis” that the Seventh Circuit has “repeatedly found inadequate to dismiss an impairment as not meeting or equaling a Listing.”

Section 404.1520(d) requires a finding of disability when a claimant’s impairments meet or medically equal a listed impairment.

Acero v. Berryhill · filed 2020-07-22(d)

If a claimant’s impairments meet or medically equal any of the listings, the ALJ will find the claimant disabled. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d). ... Since those records are from a time period after Plaintiffs drug use stopped, that conclusion dictates a finding of disability.

At step three, the ALJ determines whether the claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment; meeting the listed criteria requires a finding of disability.

Schmitz v. Saul · filed 2020-07-24(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ must determine if a claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). The Listing of Impairments “describes each of the major body systems impairments [which are considered] severe enough to prevent an individual from doing any gainful activity, regardless of his or her age, education or work experience.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1525. To meet a listed impairment, a claimant must establish that she meets each characteristic of a listed impairment relevant to her claim. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1525(d). If a claimant meets the listed criteria for disability, she will be found to be disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

At step three, an ALJ determines whether one or more of a claimant’s severe impairments meets or equals a presumptively disabling listed impairment.

Toney v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · filed 2020-07-27(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ determines if one or more of a claimant’s severe impairments “meets or equals” one of the presumptively disabling impairments listed in the SSA regulations. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). As discussed above, the ALJ did not properly evaluate medical opinions from Drs. Boyd and Bryant, and the opinion of a treating provider whose notes had an ineligible signature. By failing properly to evaluate these medical opinions, it is unclear whether the ALJ properly determined that one or more of Plaintiff’s severe impairments meets or equals a listed impairment at step three. The ALJ will reevaluate step three on remand.

At step three, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or medically equals the criteria of a listed impairment.

Miracola v. Saul · filed 2020-07-29(d)

At step three, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments is of a severity to meet or medically equal the criteria of the impairments listed in 20 C.F.R. Part 4, Subpart P, Appendix 1 (20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 404.1525, 404.1526, 416.920(d), 416.925, 416.926) (called “The Listings”).

At step three, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the Commissioner to compare the claimant’s impairments with the listed impairments and determine whether a listing is met or equaled, considering criteria favorable to the claimant.

Broadfield v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-08-03(a)(4)(iii)

Even though Plaintiff’s own attorney stated nothing in the record met a listing (R. at 35–36), the ALJ was still required to make a finding on the issue and, in doing so, consider all of the criteria favorable to Plaintiff. Ribaudo v. Barnhart, 458 F.3d 580, 583–84 (7th Cir. 2006); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the Commissioner to determine at step three whether each impairment, and any combination of impairments, meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

VELEZ v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2020-08-03(a)(4)(iii)

At Step Three, the ALJ was required to consider each of Plaintiff’s individual conditions in determining whether a listing in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1 was satisfied. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). In addition, if Plaintiff has “a combination of impairments, no one of which meets a listing,” the regulations required the ALJ to “compare [the claimant’s] findings with” other potential “analogous listed impairments.” See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1526(b)(3). Here, the ALJ’s decision adhered to these requirements.

At step three, the regulation requires the ALJ to decide whether the claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment, and a claimant is disabled when the impairment satisfies all listing criteria and the twelve-month duration requirement.

Ruggiers v. Saul · filed 2020-08-03(a)(4)(iii)

At step three of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ considers whether the combination of the claimant’s medically determinable impairments meets the severity of one of the impairments in the listing of impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). If a claimant has an impairment that meets the twelve-month duration requirement and meets or equals all the criteria of an impairment in the listing of impairments, the claimant is found disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). ... Returning to Listing 1.04A, Plaintiff has shown and the ALJ found that Plaintiff has lumbar degenerative disc disease—a disorder of the spine. ... However, the treatment notes cited do not establish the presence of any limitation of motion or sensory reflex loss, either before or after the surgery. Accordingly, I find that the ALJ’s conclusion that Plaintiff’s spinal impairment does not meet Listing 1.04 is supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ to decide at step three whether the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or medically equals a listed impairment, and the decision must explain the analysis sufficiently to permit meaningful judicial review.

MONROY v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2020-08-05(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, an ALJ considers whether the combination of the claimant’s medically determinable impairments meets or equals the severity of one of the impairments in the Listing of Impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). An impairment meets a listed impairment if it satisfies “‘all of the specified medical criteria. An impairment that manifests only some of those criteria, no matter how severely, does not qualify.’” ... Although an ALJ is not required to use “particular language” when determining whether a claimant meets a listing, an ALJ’s discussion must provide for “meaningful review.” ... Accordingly, if the administrative decision, “read as a whole, illustrates that the ALJ considered the appropriate factors in reaching the conclusion that [the claimant] did not meet the requirements for any listing,” “[t]his discussion satisfies Burnett’s requirement that there be sufficient explanation to provide meaningful review of the step three determination.”

Section 404.1520 requires the ALJ at step three to determine whether an impairment meets or equals a listed impairment, and a claimant is disabled without further inquiry if it does.

Layne v. Kijakazi · filed 2020-08-10(a)(4)(iii), (d)

At step three of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ considers whether one or more of the claimant’s impairments meets or equals an impairment listed in Appendix 1 to Subpart P of the regulations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). Each Listing sets forth the “symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings” which must be established for a claimant’s impairment to meet the Listing. Tackett v. Apfel, 180 F.3d 1094, 1099 (9th Cir. 1999). If a condition meets or equals a Listing, the claimant is considered disabled without further inquiry. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires an ALJ at step three to compare a claimant’s impairments with the regulatory listings, and subsection (d) treats an impairment meeting or medically equaling a listing as conclusively disabling.

Purvis v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-08-13(a)(4)(iii), (d)

At Step Three of the five-step process for determining disability, an ALJ must compare a claimant’s impairments to the listings in 20 C.F.R. pt. 404, subpt. P, App. 1. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). The listings “are descriptions of various physical and mental illnesses and abnormalities” that are “defined in terms of several specific medical signs, symptoms, or laboratory test results.” Sullivan v. Zebley, 493 U.S. 521, 529–30 (1990). If a claimant shows that his or her impairment is listed and meets all of the listing’s medical criteria, then the claimant is considered disabled without further analysis. Id.; 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d). If a claimant’s impairment does not meet all of the criteria of a listed impairment, or if it is not a listed impairment, the claimant may still conclusively establish a disability at Step Three by showing that his or her impairment is medically equal to a listed impairment. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d); 404.1526.

Section 404.1520(d) requires an ALJ at step three to determine whether a claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

TORRES v. SAUL · filed 2020-08-20(d)

At step three of the sequential-evaluation process, an ALJ determines whether a claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or medically equals the criteria included in any of the listed impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d).

At step three, the Social Security Administration evaluates the medical severity of impairments, and a claimant is disabled if an impairment meets or medically equals a listed impairment and the duration requirement.

Smith v. Saul · filed 2020-08-31(a)(4)(iii), (d)

At step three, the ALJ considers the medical severity of the claimant’s impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). If one of the claimant’s impairments meets or medically equals one of the listings in the appendix and the duration requirement, then the Social Security Administration deems the claimant disabled, without considering the claimant’s age, education, and work experience. Id; 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d). ... Considering all of the evidence in the record, substantial evidence does not exist to support the ALJ’s determination that Smith’s mental impairments did not, alone or in combination, meet or medically equal the criteria of listings 12.04. ... Thus, the Court reverses and remands this matter, and instructs the ALJ to consider whether Smith meets the criteria of paragraphs A and C for listing 12.04, and to address all of the evidence.

Section 404.1520 requires the ALJ to determine at Step Three whether an impairment meets or equals a listed impairment, and meeting a listing conclusively establishes disability.

Rademaker v. Social Security Administration · filed 2020-09-16(a)(4)(iii), (d)

At Step Three, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s impairment “meets or equals” one of the listed impairments enumerated in appendix 1, subpart P of 20 C.F.R. § 404 [hereinafter “Listing of Impairments”]. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4), 416.920(a)(4). ... If the claimant’s impairment is listed, the ALJ must look at the listing and determine whether the claimant satisfies all of the criteria to “meet” the listing. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). If the ALJ determines that the claimant meets the listing, the claimant will be deemed conclusively disabled and entitled to benefits. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 416.920(d). ... The ALJ is not required to articulate his analysis of listing criteria that are neither part of a claimant’s medical records, nor included in her claimed medically determinable impairments.

At step three, the Commissioner must determine whether the claimant's impairment meets or equals a listed impairment; if it does, the claimant is found disabled and awarded benefits.

Dark v. Berryhill · filed 2020-09-18(a)(4)(iii), (d)

At Step three, the Commissioner compares the claimant’s impairment to severe impairments recognized by the Commissioner to be so severe as to preclude a person from engaging in substantial gainful activity. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). If the impairment is as severe or more severe than one of the enumerated impairments, the Commissioner must find the claimant disabled and award benefits. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d).

Section 404.1520(d) provides that a claimant is disabled at step three when a severe impairment meets the duration requirement and meets or equals a listed impairment.

Perez v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-09-28(d)

If an individual is not working and is suffering from a severe impairment which meets the duration requirement and which “meets or equals” a listed impairment in Appendix 1 of Subpart P of Regulations No. 4, a finding of “disabled” will be made without consideration of vocational factors (20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 416.920(d)); ... At step three of the disability evaluation process, the Commissioner must consider whether a claimant’s impairments meet or medically equal any of the relevant listing requirements of 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, App. 1, 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a). ... Accordingly, this argument lacks merit because Plaintiff fails to show that his degenerative disc disease meets all of the requirements of Listing 1.04(A) for a continuous twelve-month period.

At step three, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ to determine whether a claimant's severe impairment meets or equals a listed impairment; if it does, § 404.1520(d) requires a finding of disability without considering age, education, or work experience.

Stefanescu v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-09-28(a)(4)(iii), (d)

When an ALJ finds that a claimant has a medically determinable impairment that is “severe,” the ALJ must determine whether the identified “impairment(s) meets or equals a listed impairment in appendix 1.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii). Each impairment in appendix 1 “is sufficient, at step three, to create an irrebuttable presumption of disability” under the Social Security regulations. DeChirico v. Callahan, 134 F.3d 1177, 1180 (2d Cir. 1998); see 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(d), 416.920(d) (“If you have an impairment(s) which . . . is listed in appendix 1 or is equal to a listed impairment(s), we will find you disabled without considering your age, education, and work experience.”).

At step three of the disability evaluation, the decision-maker must determine whether the claimant’s impairment or combination of impairments meets or medically equals a listed impairment.

Jordan v. Saul · filed 2020-10-26(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ must determine whether the plaintiff’s impairments or combination of impairments meet or medically equal the severity of an impairment listed in 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1. ... Accordingly, the ALJ’s step three determination was not improper.

Section 404.1520(a) requires the Commissioner, at step three of the disability evaluation, to determine whether the claimant’s impairments meet or medically equal a relevant listed impairment.

Burnett v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-10-29(a)

At step three of the disability evaluation process, the Commissioner must consider whether a claimant’s impairments meet or medically equal any of the relevant listing requirements of 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, App. 1, 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a).

At step three, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the Commissioner to determine whether a claimant's impairments meet or equal a listed impairment; meeting the listed criteria results in a finding of disability.

Pat v. Saul · filed 2020-11-12(a)(4)(iii)

At step three, the ALJ must determine if a claimant’s impairments meet or equal a listed impairment. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). ... If a claimant meets the listed criteria for disability, she will be found to be disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iii). ... As Listing 1.04A requires both supine and seated positive straight leg raises, Plaintiff has not met her burden in demonstrating she meets Listing 1.04A. ... As the ALJ’s rejection of Dr. Burkett’s opinion was supported by substantial evidence for the reasons discussed supra, Plaintiff has not met her burden in demonstrating her impairment is equal in severity to Listing 1.04A. Plaintiff is not entitled to remand on these grounds.

At step three, a claimant is disabled when the durational requirement is met and the impairments meet or equal a listed impairment.

Davidson v. Kijakazi · filed 2020-11-23(d)

A claimant is considered disabled at step three when her condition meets the durational requirement and her impairments meet or equal a listed impairment in Appendix 1. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(d). “An ALJ must evaluate the relevant evidence before concluding that a claimant’s impairments do not meet or equal a listed impairment. A boilerplate finding is insufficient to support a conclusion that a claimant’s impairment” does not meet or equal a listed impairment. Lewis v. Apfel, 236 F.3d 503, 512 (9th Cir. 2001). However, the ALJ is not required to state why a claimant fails to satisfy every criteria of the listing if they adequately summarize and evaluate the evidence. See Gonzalez v. Sullivan, 914 F.2d 1197, 1200-01 (9th Cir.1990); Lewis, 236 F.3d at 512.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iii) requires the ALJ, after finding a medically determinable impairment severe, to determine whether it meets or equals a listed impairment in appendix 1.

Cusumano v. Saul · filed 2020-11-23(a)(4)(iii)

When an ALJ finds that a claimant has a medically determinable impairment that is “severe,” the ALJ must determine whether the identified “impairment(s) meets or equals a listed impairment in appendix 1.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iii), 416.920(a)(4)(iii).