MEDICAL IMPROVEMENT NOT EXPECTED (MINE) LIST
ISSUE DATE: 05/2013
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 would indicate improvement (12.03). |
26. | Functional non-psychotic disorders if institutionalized in a licensed mental hospital for the past 12 months without releases that would indicate improvement (12.04). |
27. | Severe developmental disabilities, with manifestations as required in section (12.05A, 12.05B, 12.05C). |
28. | Age 55 and over with a condition meeting requirements in 1 of these sections: |
1.03A | Arthritis of major weight bearing joint. |
2.09 | Organic loss of speech. |
3.04 | Diffuse pulmonary fibrosis. |
4.04 | C/D Ischemic heart disease. |
3.05 | Other restrictive ventilatory disorders. |
4.12 | Chronic venous insufficiency. |
10.05 | Scleroderma or progressive system sclerosis. |
11.15 | Tabes dorsalis. |
11.16 | Subacute combined cord degeneration. |
11.19 | Syringomyelia. |
29. | Age 55 and over with amputation of a limb. |
30. | Age 55 and over with two substantiated myocardial infarctions. |
MFIP, WB, DWP:
No provisions.
SNAP:
Follow general provisions.
MSA:
People with documentation of any of these conditions will have a very high probability of being certified disabled by the SMRT and/or by Social Security.
GA:
Follow general provisions for undocumented and non-immigrant people who are blind or disabled.
GRH:
Follow MSA for aged, blind, and disabled participants. Follow GA for all other adults.
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