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What happens at step 5 of the sequential evaluation process?

At the last step of the sequential evaluation process (20 CRF 404.1520(g) and 416.920(g), the ALJ must determine whether the claimant is able to do any other work considering the claimant’s residual mental and/or physical  functional capacity, age, education and work experience.  If the claimant is able to do other work, the claimant is not disabled.  If the claimant is able to do other work and meets the duration requirement, the claimant is not disabled.  Although the claimant generally continues to have the burden of proving disability at this step, a limited burden of going forward with the evidence shifts to the Social Security Administration.  In order to support a finding that an individual is not disabled at this step, the Social Security Administration is responsible for providing evidence that demonstrates that other work exists in significant numbers in the national economy that the claimant can do, given his or her residual functional capacity, age, education, and work experience (20 CFR 404.1512(g), 404.156(c), 416.912(g), and 416.960(c)).