Activities of Daily Living Matrix
Use this table to QUANTIFY your limitations for the MEB.  For # of Days - About how many days each week do you consider good relative to average, average, and bad relative to average.  For pain level, what is your pain level, out of 10, on good, average, and bad days.  For Pain Medication, list each medication and dosage that you take on each type of day.
Beside each activity briefly describe your ability to perform that activity on each type of day and how your condition effects your performance of each activity.  Be sure to list any tools required to assist in the performance of each activity.
Add additional activities that may help describe your situation more fully.

 

 

TYPE OF DAY

GOOD DAY

AVERAGE DAY

BAD DAY

# Days

__/7

__/7

__/7

PAIN LEVEL

__/10

__/10

__/10

Pain Medication

 

 

 

ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

Getting out of bed

 

 

 

Eating breakfast

 

 

 

Performing Household Chores

 

 

 

Traveling to Appointments

 

 

 

Grocery Shopping

 

 

 

Shopping

 

 

 

Physical Fitness

 

 

 

Recreation

 

 

 

Visiting Friends/Family

 

 

 

Personal Hygiene

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sleeping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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