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SSA RIN: 0960-AF47 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Clarification of the Educational and Previous Work Experience Categories in the Medical Vocational Rules (823F) 
Abstract: We are revising our rules on how we evaluate work experience and illiteracy or inability to communicate in English when we decide whether a person is disabled. These revisions ensure that our rules clearly reflect our longstanding policy that if a person has skilled or semiskilled past work experience but cannot use those skills in other work (i.e., the skills are not transferable to other work), the person's ability to adjust to other work is no greater than it would be if he or she had only unskilled work experience. They also clarify which medical-vocational rules apply if a person is illiterate or unable to communicate in English, who we consider to be "illiterate or unable to communicate in English," and how we evaluate a person's ability to do other work if he or she is illiterate, unable to communicate in English, or both. 
Agency: Social Security Administration(SSA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404, subpart P, app 2    20 CFR 404.1564    20 CFR 416.964     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 402    42 USC 405(a) to 405(b)    42 USC 405(d) to 405(h)    42 USC 416(i)    42 USC 421(a)    42 USC 421(i)    42 USC 423    42 USC 425    42 USC 902(a)(5)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  07/07/2003  68 FR 40213   
NPRM Comment Period End  09/05/2003    
Final Action  07/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Tammy Farmer
Deputy Director
Social Security Administration
Office of Disability Programs, 6401 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone:410 965-1020

Brian Rudick
Social Insurance Specialist, Regulations Writer
Social Security Administration
Office of Regulations and Reports Clearance, 6401 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone:410 965-1483
Email: brian.rudick@ssa.gov