Child Medical Conditions Eligible for Disability Benefits

Child Social Security Disability Guide

• Child SSDI Overview
• Qualifying for Child SSDI
• Child Disability Medical Exams
• Eligible Child Disabilities
• Child Disability Claim Evaluations
• Approved Child Disability Claims
• Denied Child SSDI Claims and Appeals
• Special Circumstances for Child SSI and SSDI

Growth Impairements

Growth impairment, considered to be related to an additional specific medically determinable impairment with:

1. Fall of greater than 25 percentiles in height which is sustained; and
2. Bone age greater than two standard deviations (2 SD) below the mean for chronological age (see 100.00B)

Child Musculoskeletal System Disorders

May result from hereditary, congenital, or acquired pathologic processes. Impairments may result from infectious, inflammatory, or degenerative processes, traumatic or developmental events, or neoplastic, vascular, or toxic/metabolic diseases. Major dysfunction of a joint(s) (due to any cause)

Reconstructive surgery or surgical arthrodesis of a major weight-bearing joint
Disorders of the spine
Amputation (due to any cause)
Fracture of the femur, tibia, pelvis (or one or more of the tarsal bones_
Fracture of an upper extremity
Soft tissue injury

Special Senses, Speech Disorders, Learning Impairements

Category of Impairments, Special Sense Organs
Loss of Visual Acuity
Contraction of the visual field in the better eye
Loss of visual efficiency
Hearing Impairments

Respiratory System

Category of Impairments, Respiratory System
Chronic pulmonary insufficiency
Asthma
Cystic Fibrosis
Lung Transplant

Cardiovascular System

Category of Impairments, Cardiovascular System
Chronic heart failure
Recurrent arrhythmias
Congenital heart disease
Heart transplant
Rheumatic heart disease

Digestive System

Category of Impairments, Digestive System
Gastrointestinal hemorrhaging from any cause, requiring blood transfusion
Chronic liver disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Short bowel syndrome (SBS)
Malnutrition
Liver transplantation
Need for supplemental daily enteral feeding via a gastrostomy

Genitourinary Impairments

Impairment of Renal Function
Nephrotic Syndrome
Congenital Genitourinary Impairments

Hematological Disorders

Hemolytic Anemia (due to any cause)
Sickle cell disease
Chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura of childhood
Inherited coagulation disorder

Skin Disorders

Ichthyosis
Bullous disease
Chronic infections of the skin or mucous membranes
Dermatitis
Hidradenitis suppurativa
Genetic photosensitivity disorders
Burns

Endocrine System

Thyroid Disorders
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypoparathyroidismor Pseudohypo-parathyroidism
Diabetes insipidus, documented bypathologichypertonic
saline or deprivation test
Hyper function of the Adrenal Cortex (Primary or Secondary)
Adrenal cortical insufficiency, (as documented in 109.00C and E)
Juvenile Diabetes Mellitus (as documented in 109.00C) requiring
parenteral insulin
Iatrogenic hypercorticoid state
Pituitary Dwarfism (With documented growth hormone deficiency)
Adrenogenital Syndrome
Hypoglycemia
Gonadal Dysgenesis (Turner's Syndrome), chromosomally proven
Category of Impairments, Impairments That Affect Multiple Body Systems
Non-mosaic Down syndrome
A catastrophic congenital abnormality or disease

Neurological

Major motor seizure disorder
Non-convulsive Epilepsy
Brain tumors
Motor dysfunction (Due to any neurological disorder)
Cerebral Palsy
Meningomyelocele (and related disorders)
Communication impairment associated with documented neurological disorder

Child Mental and Learning Disorders

Organic Mental Disorders
Schizophrenic, Delusional (Paranoid), Schizoaffective, and Other Psychotic Disorders
Mood Disorders
Mental Retardation
Anxiety Disorders
Somatoform, Eating, and Tic Disorders
Personality Disorders
Psychoactive Substance Dependence Disorders
Autistic Disorder and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Developmental and Emotional Disorders of Newborn and Younger Infants (Birth to attainment of age 1)

Malignant Neoplastic Diseases

Malignant solid tumors
Lymphoma
Leukemia
Thyroid gland
Retinoblastoma
Brain Tumors
Neuroblastoma

Immune System Disorders

Systemic lupus erythematosus
Systemic vasculitis
Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
Polymyositis or dermatomyositis
Undifferentiated and mixed connective tissue disease
Immune deficiency disorders, excluding HIV infection
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
Inflammatory arthritis
Sjögren’s syndrome