20 CFR 220.27
§ 220.27 What is needed to show an impairment.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 220.27, § 220.27 What is needed to show an impairment, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/77216
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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 § 220.113 for further information about what is meant by symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings.) (See also § 220.112 for the effect of a medical opinion about whether or not a claimant is disabled.)
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.