20 C.F.R. § 404.1510
Meaning of substantial gainful activity
Substantial gainful activity means work that—
(a) Involves doing significant and productive physical or mental duties; and
(b) Is done (or intended) for pay or profit.
(See § 404.1572 for further details about what we mean by substantial gainful activity.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 610
cases (354 in the last 5 years), 1962–2026 · leading case: Myers v. Berryhill, 373 F. Supp. 3d 528 (M.D. Penn. 2018).
Myers v. Berryhill, 373 F. Supp. 3d 528 (M.D. Penn. 2018). “20 C.F.R. § 404.1510 ; id. § 416.910. An extensive list of impairments that warrant a finding of disability based solely on medical criteria, without considering vocational criteria, is set forth at 20 C.”
Roger Gagnon v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 666 F.2d 662 (1st Cir. 1981). “20 C.F.R. § 404.1510 (c) defines the exertional capacity to do light work as follows: (c) Light work.”
Alva M. Hall v. Patricia R. Harris, Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 658 F.2d 260 (4th Cir. 1981). “20 C.F.R. § 404.1510 (d) (1980). Mrs. Hall also underwent sinus surgery in November 1978 and April 1979.”
Miles v. Chater, 84 F.3d 1397 (11th Cir. 1996). “" 20 C.F.R. § 404.1510 . 3 . The questionnaire defined "marked” as “[a]n impairment which seriously affects ability to function.”
Calzada v. ASTURE, 753 F. Supp. 2d 250 (S.D.N.Y. 2010). “” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1510 ,416.910. 40 . The Grids take into account the claimant’s residual functional capacity in conjunction with his age, education and work experience.”
Cindy F. v. Berryhill, 367 F. Supp. 3d 1195 (D. Or. 2019). “20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1510 , 416.910. If the claimant is performing such work, she is not disabled within the meaning of the Act.”
Renee Toland v. Carolyn W. Colvin, 761 F.3d 931 (8th Cir. 2014). “905(a) (defining ''disability,” in part, as "the inability to do any substantial gainful activity”); see also 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1510 , 416.910 (defining SGA as work that “[(Involves doing significant and productive physical or mental duties” and "[i]s done (or intended) for pay…”
Schonewolf v. Callahan, 972 F. Supp. 277 (D.N.J. 1997). “Under these regulations, substantial gainful activity is defined as “work that — (a) involves doing significant and productive physical or mental duties; and (b) is done (or intended) for pay or profit.”
Thomas F. Frady v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 646 F.2d 143 (4th Cir. 1981). “The medical evidence, while conflicting, supported the conclusion that the applicant Frady was possessed of capabilities sufficient to permit him to perform “sedentary work” as that term is defined in the Secretary’s regulations, 20 C.F.R. § 404.1510 (b). 1 The record also…”
Antonio FRAGA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., Defendant-Appellee, 810 F.2d 1296 (5th Cir. 1987). “20 C.F.R. § 404.1510 ; Singletary v. Bowen, 798 F.”
Phillips v. Harris, 488 F. Supp. 1161 (W.D. Va. 1980). “See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1510 (d). It was also determined that Phillips is “closely approaching advanced age” and that he is illiterate.”
Mary E. Thomas v. Richard Schweiker, Sec'y, Health & Human Servs., 666 F.2d 999 (5th Cir. 1982). “1506 (b), that she had a limited education as defined by 20 C.F.R. § 404.1507 (d) and that she had been an unskilled worker as defined by 20 C.”
— 20 C.F.R. § 404.1510(a) — 7 cases
John B. Branham v. John W. Gardner, Sec'y of Health, Educ. & Welfare, 383 F.2d 614 (6th Cir. 1967).
Hermione King v. John W. Gardner, Sec'y of Health, Educ. & Welfare, 391 F.2d 401 (5th Cir. 1968).
Mounts v. Finch, 304 F. Supp. 910 (S.D.W. Va 1969).
Murphy v. Gardner, 379 F.2d 1 (8th Cir. 1967).
Miller v. Richardson, 325 F. Supp. 91 (S.D.W. Va 1970).
— 20 C.F.R. § 404.1510(b) — 2 cases
Mounts v. Finch, 304 F. Supp. 910 (S.D.W. Va 1969).
Miller v. Richardson, 325 F. Supp. 91 (S.D.W. Va 1970).
— 20 C.F.R. § 404.1510(c) — 1 case
Ramos v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 514 F. Supp. 57 (D.P.R. 1981).
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