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Ages 50 to 54 are applicants considered to be close to approaching advanced age. Individuals ages 55 and older are considered advanced age. Then, those who are 60 to 65 are considered approaching retirement age.

What a Mental RFC Is. Your RFC is sets out what kind of work activities you can do despite your impairment and treatment (such as antidepressant medication). The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses your RFC assessment to determine whether you are capable of performing your prior job or any other kind of work.

RFC stands for "Residual Functional Capacity" and refers to the maximum you can do in spite of your physical/psychological impairment(s). Social Security assesses residual functional capacity on a case-by-case and only after all medical records are examined.

The grid rules are one way you can get approved for disability benefits through a medical-vocational allowance. Social Security generally uses the grid rules (commonly referred to as the grids") only after it has determined that you can't do the jobs you've done in the recent past.

What Is The RFC Form? The RFC form is the Residual Functional Capacity form that helps the Social Security Administration rate the functional capacity of a Social Security Disability applicant after taking the applicant's mental or physical disability into account. ... However, you do not fill out this form yourself.

Before the hearing, you can submit an RFC form that has been completed by your personal physician, or treating physician, rather than a DDS medical or psychological consultant. Social Security often gives substantial weight to the opinion of a disability claimant's personal physician, or treating physician.

Form SSA-3368 is the basic form used for adults who are claiming disability benefits. ... The SSA has other forms which they will ask your doctor to fill out on your behalf. You should include copies of all of your pertinent medical records when you turn this form in. Much of Form SSA-3368 is simple and straightforward.

If a disability applicant doesn't meet a medical impairment listing, Social Security uses a grid of rules that sets out when an applicant is disabled, based on age, RFC level (sedentary, light, medium, or heavy work), education level, and work history and skills.