[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: 20CFR220.27]



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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.  220.27  What is needed to show an impairment.



    A physical or mental impairment must result from anatomical, 

physiological, or psychological abnormalities which can be shown by 

medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques. A 

physical or mental impairment must be established by medical evidence 

consisting of signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings, not only by the 

claimant's statement of symptoms. (See Sec.  220.113 for further 

information about what is meant by symptoms, signs, and laboratory 

findings.) (See also Sec.  220.112 for the effect of a medical opinion 

about whether or not a claimant is disabled.)