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What happens at step 4 of the sequential evaluation process?

Next, the ALJ must determine at step four whether the claimant has the residual functional capacity to perform the requirements of the claimant’s “past relevant work” (20 CFR 404.1520(f) and 416.920(f)).  If the claimant has the residual functional capacity to do the claimant’s past relevant work, the claimant is not disabled.  If the claimant is unable to do any past relevant work or does not have any past relevant work, the analysis proceeds to the fifth and last step.