[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
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.)