20 C.F.R. § 220.27 What is needed to show an impairment.
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
A physical or mental impairment must result from anatomical, physiological, or psychological abnormalities which can be shown by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques. A physical or mental impairment must be established by medical evidence consisting of signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings, not only by the claimant's statement of symptoms. (See §220.113 for further information about what is meant by symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings.) (See also §220.112 for the effect of a medical opinion about whether or not a claimant is disabled.)
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 220—DETERMINING DISABILITY
Subpart D—Disability Under the Railroad Retirement Act for Any Regular Employment
§ 220.27 What is needed to show an impairment.
