How To Get Social Security Disability & SSI Benefits: Vasculitis

Winning A Vasculitis Case

In your vasculitis claim, Social Security has two requirements you must meet to qualify for SSDI and SSI disability benefits. First, you meet the Non-Medical Criteria. Second, you meet the Disability Criteria.

Satisfying the disability criteria means –

1. You understand how Social Security evaluates vasculitis (discussed on this page),
2. You satisfy a vasculitis Social Security Listing (also discussed on this page) or you have disabling Functional Limitations, and
3. You Submit Winning Evidence.

Social Security’s Analysis Of Your Vasculitis Medical File

Vasculitis is somewhat rare, and Social Security disability and SSI filings for vasculitis are therefore somewhat uncommon when compared to other medical conditions. Vasculitis is generally regarded to be an autoimmune disease wherein the body attacks the blood vessels which become inflamed and restrict blood flow. It can occur in nearly any part of the body. The cause is unknown. Symptoms vary widely depending on the body organ affected but usually include –

1. Muscle pain,
2. Fatigue,
3. Weakness,
4. Swelling, and
5. Rashes.

Social Security’s primary goal in assessing your vasculitis is to review your diagnostic testing which is done by angiogram, blood tests, organ function tests, or a biopsy. Social Security’s secondary goal is to review your ongoing treatment. Vasculitis treatment depends on the organ affected, but generally, treatment includes medications such as anti-inflammatories and immunosuppressants or physical therapy. An angioplasty may be performed if the inflammation is so severe that an artery is blocked.

There are 12 specific types of vasculitis:

1. Behcet’s disease,
2. Buerger’s disease,
3. Churg-Strauss syndrome,
4. Cryoglobulinemia,
5. Giant cell arteritis,
6. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis,
7. Henoch-Schonlein purpura,
8. Hypersensitivity vasculitis,
9. Kawasaki disease,
10. Microscopic polyangiitis,
11. Polyarteritis nodosa, and
12. Takayasu’s arteritis.

Tip. If you have excessive swelling or rashes, submitting pictures to Social Security will be helpful as the Social Security will be able to see the extent of your vasculitis – Pictures And What Social Security Looks For In A Disability Case.

Social Security & SSI Vasculitis Listing

The Adult Listing 14.03 requires an adult to satisfy points 1 and 2. The Child Listing 114.03 requires a child to satisfy point 1.

1. Two or more body organs are impacted and –
   1. One body organ is impacted at a moderate or more degree of severity, and
   2. You suffer no less than two of weariness, fever, general sickness, or weight loss; and
2. You suffer repeated problems with no less than two of weariness, fever, general sickness, or involuntary weight loss and also at least one of the following at a marked degree of severity –
   1. Day-to-day life functioning,
   2. Interaction with society, or
   3. Problems with maintaining mental focus and carrying out a schedule.