Symptoms are sensations that patients experience and interpret as warnings that something is out of balance or wrong within their bodies, and those experiences are communicated to clinicians. The US Social Security Administration holds that no symptom can be the basis for a finding of disability, no matter how genuine the person’s complaints may appear to be, unless there is objective medical evidence that demonstrates the existence of a physical or mental impairment(s) that could reasonably be expected to produce the symptom.

 Disability Evaluation in the Social Security Administration

 Hypoalgesia, Assessment

 Hypoesthesia, Assessment