Impairment listing manual

 · Impairment or Combination of Impairments Equaling a Listing – Medical Equivalence. When there are characteristics of both systolic and diastolic dysfunction, neither of which meets , but the impairment represents the same level of medical and functional severity as , then a medical equals decision may be appropriate.. If the claimant has objective evidence of chronic heart failure. Category of Impairments, Mental Neurocognitive disorders Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders Depressive, bipolar and related disorders Intellectual disorder Anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders Somatic symptom and related disorders  · Many of these conditions are described in the impairment listing manual, or " Blue Book," used by state-run Disability Determination Services (DDS) to determine whether or not a person meets the SSA's criteria for total disability. Claimants who meet the eligibility criteria for a condition listed in the Blue Book should be awarded benefits through the Social Security Disability application process.

The Listing of Impairments describes, for each major body system, impairments considered severe enough to prevent an individual from doing any gainful activity (or in the case of children under age 18 applying for SSI, severe enough to cause marked and severe functional limitations). Most of the listed impairments are permanent or expected to. If your impairment(s) does not meet or medically equal a listing, we will consider whether you have an impairment(s) that functionally equals the listings (see § a of this chapter). Although we present these alternatives in a specific sequence above, each represents listing-level severity, and we can evaluate your claim in any order. Impairment of Auditory Acuity - Evaluation of Hearing Impairment - Exceptional Patterns of Hearing Impairment - Schedule of Ratings - Ear a - Schedule of Ratings - Other Sense Organs Infectious Diseases, Immune Disorders and Nutritional Deficiencies - a - [Reserved]/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome b - Schedule of Ratings - Infectious Diseases, Immune Disorders and.

Part III - Listing Of Impairments. The Listing of Impairments describes, for each major body system, impairments considered severe enough to prevent an individual from doing any gainful activity (or in the case of children under age 18 applying for SSI, severe enough to cause marked and severe functional limitations). Disability Evaluation Under Social SecurityListing of Impairments - Adult Listings (Part A) Disability Evaluation Under Social Security. Listing of Impairments - Adult Listings (Part A) The following sections contain medical criteria that apply to the evaluation of impairments in adults age 18 and over and that may apply to the evaluation of impairments in children under age 18 if the disease processes have a similar effect on adults and younger children. If your impairment(s) does not meet or medically equal a listing, you may or may not have the residual functional capacity to engage in substantial gainful activity. We proceed to the fourth step and, if necessary, the fifth step of the sequential evaluation process in §§ and of this chapter.