[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR220.26]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 220_DETERMINING DISABILITY--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D_Disability Under the Railroad Retirement Act for Any Regular 
                               Employment
 
Sec. 220.26  Disability for any regular employment, defined.

    An employee, widow(er), or child is disabled for any regular 
employment if he or she is unable to do any substantial gainful activity 
because of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which 
meets the duration requirement defined in Sec. 220.28. In the case of a 
widow(er), the permanent physical or mental impairment must have 
prevented work in any regular employment before the end of a specific 
period (see Sec. 220.30). In the case of a child, the permanent 
physical or mental impairment must have prevented work in any regular 
employment since before age 22. To meet this definition of disability, a 
claimant must have a severe impairment, which makes him or her unable to 
do any previous work or other substantial gainful activity which exists 
in the national economy. To determine whether a claimant is able to do 
any other work, the Board considers a claimant's residual functional 
capacity, age, education and work experience. See Sec. 220.100 for the 
process by which the Board evaluates disability for any regular 
employment. This process applies to employees, widow(er)s, or children 
who apply for annuities based on disability for any regular employment. 
This process does not apply to surviving divorced spouses or remarried 
widow(er)s who apply for annuities based on disability.