Residual functional capacity definition
Residual functional capacity means a patient’s remaining ability to perform work- related activities. A residual functional capacity evaluation includes, but is not limited to, capability for lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, standing, walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, bending/stooping, twisting, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and reaching, and the number of hours per day the patient can perform each activity.
Residual functional capacity means an individual’s remaining ability to perform work- related activities despite medically determinable impairment resulting from the accepted compensable condition. A residual functional capacity evaluation includes, but is not limited to, capability for lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, standing, walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, bending/stooping, twisting, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and reaching, and the number of hours per day the worker can perform each activity.
Residual functional capacity means the maximum degree to which the injured worker has the capacity for sustained performance of the physical-mental requirements of jobs as these relate to the allowed conditions in the claim(s).
More Definitions of Residual functional capacity
Residual functional capacity. (RFC) means an individual’s remaining ability to perform work-related activities despite medically determinable impairment resulting from the accepted compensable condition.
Residual functional capacity means a patient’s remaining ability to perform
Residual functional capacity means the client's remaining ability to perform work of any type despite some disabling limitations.
Residual functional capacity means an individual's remaining ability to perform work-related activities despite medically determinable impairment resulting from the accepted compensable condition. A residual functional capacity evaluation includes, but is not limited to, capability for lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, standing, walking, sitting, climbing, balancing,
Residual functional capacity means the client's maximum remaining ability to perform work of any type on a regular and continuing basis despite some disabling limitations.
Residual functional capacity is a term of art that means “the most [a claimant] can still do despite [his] limitations.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1).
Residual functional capacity. (“RFC”) means the most that the claimant can still do in a work setting despite the limitations caused by the claimant’s impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545, § 416.945.