Social Security Disability:
Lupus and Social Security Disability Guidelines
For an adult to be considered disabled by Social Security, you must have a medical condition that prevents you from working and that is expected to last for at least one year or result in death. The Social Security administration uses a five-step process to decide whether you are disabled. As part of that process, they check to see if you have a condition as described in the listing of impairments. If you do, they may consider your medical condition to be disabling. Even if your particular medical condition is not on the list, you may still be found disabled.
The Social Security Administration specific criteria for lupus:
14.02, systemic lupus erythematosus, under the 14.02 Systemic lupus erythematosus. Documented as described in 14.00B1, with:
A. One of the following:
- Joint involvement, as described under the criteria in 1.00; or
- Muscle involvement, as described under the criteria in 14.05; or
- Ocular involvement, as described under the criteria in 2.00ff; or
- Respiratory involvement, as described under the criteria in 3.00ff; or
- Cardiovascular involvement, as described under the criteria in 4.00ff or 14.04D; or
- Digestive involvement, as described under the criteria in 5.00ff; or
- Renal involvement, as described under the criteria in 6.00ff; or
- Hematologic involvement, as described under the criteria in 7.00ff; or
- Skin involvement, as described under the criteria in 8.00ff; or
- Neurological involvement, as described under the criteria in 11.00ff, or
- Mental involvement, as described under the criteria in 12.00ff, or
B. Lesser involvement of two or more organs/body systems listed in paragraph A, with significant, documented, constitutional symptoms and signs of severe fatigue, fever, malaise, and weight loss. At least one of the organs/body systems must be involved to at least a moderate level of severity.
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