1. Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Functional Limitations Due to Digestive Disorders
PROPOSED RULES: Federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance—; Digestive disorders; medical criteria for evaluating functional limitations,
On October 19, 2007, we published final rules in the Federal
Register (72 FR 59397) revising the criteria in sections 5.00 and
105.00 of the Listing of Impairments in appendix 1 to subpart P of part
404 of our regulations (the listings), the sections that we use to
evaluate claims involving digestive disorders. In those rules, we
indicated that we