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COMBINED MANUAL
ISSUE DATE 12/2014
MEDICAL IMPROVEMENT NOT EXPECTED (MINE) LIST
0012.15.03
This is a list of conditions the SSA considers permanently disabling. See 0010.18.05 (Verifying Disability/Incapacity - Cash), 0010.18.06 (Verifying Disability/Incapacity - SNAP), 0012.15 (Incapacity and Disability Determinations).
The reference codes are for SSA pamphlet "Disability Evaluation Under Social Security" which has more detailed information.
1. Arthritis of 1 major joint in each upper extremity (1.04).
2. Disorders of the spine (arthritis manifested by ankylosis or fixation at 30 degrees or more) (1.05A).
3. Amputation or permanent loss of use of two limbs (1.09).
4. Amputation of leg at hip (1.10A).
5. Amputation of leg or foot because of diabetes or peripheral vascular disease (1.10B).
6. Statutory blindness unless due to cataracts or detached retina (markedly reduced ability to see, not correctable by surgery, glasses, or other treatment) (2.02, 2.03A/B).
7. Loss of visual efficiency (visual efficiency of better eye after best correction is 20% or less) (2.03C, 2.04).
8. Hearing loss not restorable by a hearing aid (2.08A/B).
9. Chronic obstructive airway disease (3.02).
10. Ischemic heart disease with chest pain of cardiac origin (4.04A/B).
11. Arteriosclerosis obliterans or thromboangiitis (4.13).
12. Chronic liver disease with esophageal varices resulting in massive hemorrhage or requiring shunt operation (5.05A/B).
13. Impaired renal function due to chronic progressive disease, incurable kidney disease resulting in severely reduced function which may require dialysis or transplant (6.02).
14. Diabetes mellitus with manifestation as required in section (9.08).
15. Central nervous system vascular accident, with manifestations as required in section (11.04).
16. Parkinsonian syndrome, with disturbance of movement, gait, or station as required in section (11.06).
17. Cerebral palsy, with manifestations as required in section (11.07).
18. Spinal cord or nerve root lesion resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia (11.08).
19 Multiple sclerosis (11.09).
20. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (11.10).
21. Anterior poliomyelitis, with interference in swallowing, breathing, speech, or motor function as described in (11.11).
22. Muscular dystrophy (11.13).
23. Degenerative disease, such as Huntington's Chorea, Friedreich's Ataxia, and spinocerebellar degeneration as required in section (11.17).
24. Chronic brain syndrome (organic brain syndrome) with manifestations as required in section (12.02).
25. Functional psychotic disorders if institutionalized in a licensed mental hospital for the past 12 months without releases that