An Inconsistency?

<br /><br />     Social Security's Listings for systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic vasculits, systemic sclerosis, polymyositis, dermatositis, undifferentiated and mixed connective tissue disease, innume deficiency diseases apart from HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS, inflammatory arthritis, and Sjögren’s syndrome all contain the following criteria<br /><br /><br />  ... one of the following at the marked level:<br /> <br />

An Inconsistency?

     Social Security's Listings for systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic vasculits, systemic sclerosis, polymyositis, dermatositis, un...

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New HIV Listings

<br /><br />     The Social Security Administration has published new final Listings for HIV/AIDS. Thank goodness these Listings aren't nearly as important as they were in years past.<br /><br />

New HIV Listings

     The Social Security Administration has published new final Listings for HIV/AIDS. Thank goodness these Listings aren't nearly as im...

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New Somatoform Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.07 <br />Somatic symptom and related disorders<br />(see 12.00B6), satisfied by A and <br />B <br /><br />     A. <br />Medical documentation of <br />one<br />or more of the following: <br /><br />          1. Symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function <br />that are <br />not better <br />explained by another medical or mental disorder; <br /><br />        2. One

New Somatoform Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: 12.07 Somatic symptom and related disorders (see ...

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New Personality Disorder Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.08 <br />Personality and impulse-control disorders<br />(see 12.00B7), satisfied by A and <br />B: <br /><br />     A. Medical documentation of<br />a pervasive pattern of <br />one<br />or more of the following: <br /><br />          1. Distrust and suspiciousness of others; <br /><br />          2. Detachment from social relationships; <br /><br />          3. Disregard

New Personality Disorder Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: 12.08 Personality and impulse-control disorders (...

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New Neurodevelopmental Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.11 <br />Neurodevelopmental disorders<br />(see 12.00B9), satisfied by A and B: <br /><br />     A. Medical documentation of the requirements of paragraph 1, 2, or 3: <br /><br />          1. <br />One<br />or both of the following: <br /><br />           a. Frequent distractibility, difficulty sustaining attention, and difficulty <br />organizing <br />tasks; or

New Neurodevelopmental Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: 12.11 Neurodevelopmental disorders (see 12.00B9),...

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New Childhood Listings For Depression, Bipolar And Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings for children: <br /><br /><br />112.04<br />Depressive, bipolar and related <br />disorders <br />(see 112.00B3), for children age 3 <br />to attainment of age 18, satisfied by A and <br />B, or A and C:  <br /><br />     A. Medical documentation of the <br />requirements of paragraph 1, 2, or 3:  <br /><br />          1. Depressive disorder, characterized by <br />five <br />or more of the following: <br /><br />

New Childhood Listings For Depression, Bipolar And Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings for children: 112.04 Depressive, bipolar and related disorders (see 112.00B3)...

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New Neurocognitive Listing

<br /><br />     From Social Security's new Listings of impairments for mental disorders effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.02 <br />Neurocognitive disorders<br />(see 12.00B1), satisfied by A and B, or A and C: <br /><br />     <br />A. Medical documentation of a significant cognitive decline from a prior level of <br />functioning in <br />one<br />or more of the cognitive areas: <br /><br />          1. Complex attention; <br /><br />          2. Executive

New Neurocognitive Listing

     From Social Security's new Listings of impairments for mental disorders effective January 17, 2017: 12.02 Neurocognitive disorders ...

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New Autism Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.10 <br />Autism spectrum disorder<br />(see 12.00B8), satisfied by A <br />and<br />B: <br /><br />     A. <br />Medical documentation of<br />both<br />of the following: <br /><br />      1. Qualitative deficits in verbal communication, nonverbal communication, and <br />social interaction; and <br /><br />       2. Significantly restricted, repetitive patterns of

New Autism Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: 12.10 Autism spectrum disorder (see 12.00B8), sat...

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New PTSD Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: <br /><br /><br />12.15 <br />Trauma-and [so in the original] stressor-related  disorders<br />(see 12.00B11), satisfied by A and <br />B, or A and C: <br /><br />     A. <br />Medical documentation of<br />all<br />of the following: <br /><br />          1. Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or violence; <br /><br />        2. Subsequent involuntary

New PTSD Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings effective January 17, 2017: 12.15 Trauma-and [so in the original] stressor-re...

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New Eating Disorder Listing

<br />     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings: <br /><br /><br />12.13 <br />Eating disorders<br />(see 12.00B10), satisfied by A and B: <br /><br />     A. <br />Medical documentation of<br />a <br />persistent alteration in eating or eating-related <br />behavior that results in a change in consumption or absorption of food and that <br />significantly impairs physical or psychological health<br />. <br /><br />AND <br /><br />     B. Extreme limitation of one, or

New Eating Disorder Listing

     From Social Security's new mental impairment Listings: 12.13 Eating disorders (see 12.00B10), satisfied by A and B:      A. Medical...

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New Schizophrenia Listing

<br />     From the new mental impairment Listings: <br /><br /><br />12.03 <br />Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders<br />(see 12.00B2), <br />satisfied by A and B, or A and C: <br />     A. Medical documentation of <br />one<br />or more of the following: <br />          1. Delusions or hallucinations; <br />          2. Disorganized thinking <br />(speech); or <br />          3. Grossly disorganized behavior or catatonia. <br />     AND <br />     B.

New Schizophrenia Listing

     From the new mental impairment Listings: 12.03 Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders (see 12.00B2), satisfied by A and B...

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New Mental Impairment Listings

<br /><br /><br />     To my surprise, Social Security has published new mental impairment Listings as final rules. I wasn't expecting them until after the election because that's what they said they planned to do. These are not effective until January. I'll post excerpts from them as I have time.<br />     Here are the new intellectual disability Listings:<br /><br /><br /><br />12.05 Intellectual disorder(see 12.00B4), satisfied by A

New Mental Impairment Listings

     To my surprise, Social Security has published new mental impairment Listings as final rules. I wasn't expecting them until after th...

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New Mental Impairment Listings Approved But Won't Be Published Until December

<br /><br />     The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has finished reviewing Social Security's proposed amendments to the agency's Listings on mental illness and intellectual disability and has approved them. The Listings are a major part of Social Security's policies on evaluating mental illness in disability claims. <br /><br />     The process that produced this dates all the way back to 2003. This

New Mental Impairment Listings Approved But Won't Be Published Until December

     The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has finished reviewing Social Security's proposed amendments to the agency's Listings...

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