# 20 C.F.R. § 416.904 (2026): Decisions by other governmental agencies and nongovernmental entities

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## Section

- **Citation:** 20 C.F.R. § 416.904 (2026)
- **Heading:** Decisions by other governmental agencies and nongovernmental entities
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Title 20 CFR: Employees' Benefits / Chapter III: SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION / Part 416: SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED / Subpart I: Determining Disability and Blindness / § 416.904: § 416.904   Decisions by other governmental agencies and nongovernmental entities.

## Text

Other governmental agencies and nongovernmental entities—such as the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, the Department of Labor, the Office of Personnel Management, State agencies, and private insurers—make disability, blindness, employability, Medicaid, workers' compensation, and other benefits decisions for their own programs using their own rules. Because a decision by any other governmental agency or a nongovernmental entity about whether you are disabled, blind, employable, or entitled to any benefits is based on its rules, it is not binding on us and is not our decision about whether you are disabled or blind under our rules. Therefore, in claims filed (see § 416.325) on or after March 27, 2017, we will not provide any analysis in our determination or decision about a decision made by any other governmental agency or a nongovernmental entity about whether you are disabled, blind, employable, or entitled to any benefits. However, we will consider all of the supporting evidence underlying the other governmental agency or nongovernmental entity's decision that we receive as evidence in your claim in accordance with § 416.913(a)(1) through (4).
[82 FR 5874, Jan. 18, 2017, as amended at 82 FR 15132, Mar. 27, 2017]

## Nearby sections

- [20 C.F.R. § 416.901 (2026) § 416.901   Scope of subpart.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_901.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.902 (2026) § 416.902   Definitions for this subpart.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_902.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.903 (2026) § 416.903   Who makes disability and blindness determinations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_903.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.903a (2026) § 416.903a   Program integrity.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_903a.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.903b (2026) § 416.903b   Evidence from excluded medical sources of evidence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_903b.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.904 (2026) § 416.904   Decisions by other governmental agencies and nongovernmental entities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_904.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.905 (2026) § 416.905   Basic definition of disability for adults.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_905.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.906 (2026) § 416.906   Basic definition of disability for children.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_906.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.907 (2026) § 416.907   Disability under a State plan.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_907.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.909 (2026) § 416.909   How long the impairment must last.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_909.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.910 (2026) § 416.910   Meaning of substantial gainful activity.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_910.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.911 (2026) § 416.911   Definition of disabling impairment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_911.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.912 (2026) § 416.912   Responsibility for evidence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_912.md)
- [20 C.F.R. § 416.913 (2026) § 416.913   Categories of evidence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T20_P416_S416_913.md)

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