---
title: "Map medical evidence to the disability sequential evaluation"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/map-the-medical-evidence-against-the-disability-support-pension-impairme/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A56-N20261018-5-US"
practice_area: "Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Map medical evidence to the disability sequential evaluation

> Table the medical evidence against the five adult steps, or the three steps for a child applying for supplemental security income, and leave the finding at each step blank.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/map-the-medical-evidence-against-the-disability-support-pension-impairme/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Table the medical evidence against the five adult steps, or the three steps for a child applying for supplemental security income, and leave the finding at each step blank. |
| What the lawyer must review | The Social Security Administration's disability guide describes a sequential evaluation. For an adult the steps are the claimant's current work activity, the severity of the impairment, whether the impairment meets or medically equals a listing, the ability to perform past relevant work, and the ability to do other work based on age, education and work experience. For a child applying for supplemental security income the steps are current work activity, severity, and whether the impairment meets, medically equals or functionally equals a listing. If the Administration can find the person disabled or not disabled at a step, the evaluation stops. You make that finding. The listing criteria are in Part III of the guide. Open that part before anyone says a listing is met. The tool must not say that a listing is met. Formal Opinion 512: you remain responsible for the conclusion. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Map the medical evidence against the Disability Support Pension impairment tables](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/map-the-medical-evidence-against-the-disability-support-pension-impairme.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Table the medical evidence against the five adult steps, or the three steps for a child applying for supplemental security income, and leave the finding at each step blank.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The guide's general page states the steps. It does not contain the listing criteria. Those are in Part III.
- A child applying for supplemental security income is on the three-step sequence, not the five-step adult sequence.

## Sources

- [Social Security Administration: Disability Evaluation Under Social Security, general information](https://www.ssa.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/general-info.htm) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Letter asking a treating practitioner for Disability Support Pension evidence](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/letter-to-treating-practitioner-dsp-evidence.md) | Letter | Yellow | A letter asking the treating practitioner for the diagnosis, treatment, day-to-day impact and prognosis that Services Australia says it needs for a Disability Support Pension claim. |
| [Disability Support Pension medical evidence checklist mapped to the Impairment Tables](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/dsp-medical-evidence-checklist-impairment-tables.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A checklist for building or reviewing the medical evidence for a Disability Support Pension claim or review: which Tables apply, whether each condition is diagnosed, reasonably treated and… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*