Opinion ID: 3061737
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Sequential Evaluation

Text: Under the five-step sequential evaluation used to determine whether the claimant is disabled, the ALJ considers: (1) whether the claimant is engaged in substantial gainful activity; (2) if not, whether the claimant has a severe impairment; (3) if so, whether the severe impairment meets or equals an impairment in the Listing of Impairments in 20 C.F.R. pt. 404, subpt. P, app. 1; (4) if not, whether the claimant has the RFC to perform his past relevant work; and (5) if not, whether, in light of the claimant’s RFC, age, education and work experience, the claimant can “make an adjustment to other work” that exists in significant numbers in the national economy. See 20 C.F.R. § 416.920(a)(4), (c)-(g): see also Phillips v. Barnhart, 357 F.3d 1232, 1237 (11th Cir. 2004). If the claimant proves that he cannot do his past relevant work at the fourth step, the burden shifts to the Commissioner to show, at the fifth step, that the claimant can make an adjustment to other work available in the economy. Jones v. Apfel, 190 F.3d 1224, 1228 (11th Cir. 1999).