DISABLING MEDICAL CONDITIONS
Any disease or disorder diagnosed by a doctor can be disabling under Social Security law. If the condition (or combination of conditions) is severe and prevents you from working, Social Security will consider the condition.
See the listings of impairments below. This list is used to "short-cut" the decision making process.
shoulder impingement, carpal tunnel syndrome, hip replacement, spinal cord disorders, knee injuries, ankle breaks, limb amputations and burns
loss of vision, hearing and speech, retinopathy, meniere's disease
chronic pulmonary insufficiency, asthma, cystic fibrosis, chronic pulmonary vascular hypertension, sleep apnea, lung transplant
chronic heart failure, ischemic heart disease, recurrent arrhythmias, symptomatic congenital heart disease, chronic venous insufficiency , peripheral arterial disease, heart transplant
gastrointestinal hemorrhage, hepatic (liver) dysfunction, inflammatory bowel disease, short bowel syndrome, malnutrition
chronic renal (kidney) disease, diabetic nephropathy, chronic obstructive uropathy, hereditary nephropathies, nephritic syndrome
chronic thrombocytopenia, myelofibrosis, hereditary telangiectasia
coagulation defects, polycythemia vera, aplastic anemias with bone marrow or stem cell transplantation.
ichthyosis, bullous disease, chronic infections of the skin or mucous membranes, dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, burns
hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus
epilepsy/seizures (grand mal, petit mal), stroke, brain or spinal cord tumors and brain trauma, Parkinson, cerebral palsy, MS, ALS, MD, peripheral neuropathies.
organic brain problems, psychosis, mood (depression, bipolar)
mental retardation, anxiety (PTSD, panic, agoraphobia) , somatoform
personality, substance abuse, autism
All cancers except those caused by HIV
lupus, systemic vasculitis, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, undifferentiated & mixed connective tissue disease,scleroderma
ankylosing spondylitis, HIV, Immune deficiency disorders/infections (sepsis, meningitis, pneymonia, septic arthritis, endocarditis, sinusitis)
rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthritis (gout, etc).
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