Social Security Administration Removes Endocrine Disorders from List of Qualifying SSDI Impairments

As of June 7, 2011, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is no longer considering endocrine disorders as a qualifying impairment used to evaluate a candidate's application for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

The endocrine system comprises major glands responsible for the body's hormones, the chemicals that act as messengers in the body's bloodstream between tissues and organs.

Common endocrine disorders include: 

• Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes;
• gestational diabetes;
• thyroid cancer;
• osteoporosis;
• Cushing's Syndrome; and others. 

This could mean serious changes for people with diabetes, thyroid disorders or other endocrine ailments who are unable to work, but it doesn't mean the end of your candidacy for SSDI or SSI disability benefits.

The changes to the SSA's List of Impairments means symptoms of these disorders should be evaluated for qualification under the listings for other body systems whose natural function has been impaired as a result.

For instance, if a diabetic applicant underwent amputation as a result of his diabetic condition, his amputation could be evaluated under another qualifying listing for body systems, in this case, musculoskeletal disorders.

In this way, it is possible for an Indianapolis Social Security disability lawyer to show how the symptoms of an endocrine disorder can negatively impact a person's ability to work. 

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