SSA Blue Book — Adult Listings
The Social Security Administration uses the Blue Book — formally, the Listing of Impairments — to evaluate whether a medical condition qualifies someone for SSDI benefits. Each listing below is a specific qualifying disability with its own criteria.
1.00 Musculoskeletal Disorders
2.00 Special Senses and Speech
3.00 Respiratory Disorders
4.00 Cardiovascular System
5.00 Digestive Disorders
6.00 Genitourinary Disorders
7.00 Hematological Disorders
8.00 Skin Disorders
10.00 Congenital Disorders That Affect Multiple Body Systems
11.00 Neurological Disorders
- 11.02 Epilepsy
- 11.04 Stroke and Brain Injury
- 11.05 Benign Brain Tumors
- 11.06 Parkinsonian Syndrome
- 11.07 Cerebral Palsy
- 11.08 Spinal Cord Disorders
- 11.09 Multiple Sclerosis
- 11.10 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- 11.11 Post-polio Syndrome
- 11.12 Myasthenia Gravis
- 11.13 Muscular Dystrophy
- 11.14 Peripheral Neuropathy
- 11.17 Neurodegenerative Disorders
- 11.18 Traumatic Brain Injury
- 11.20 Coma and Persistent Vegetative State
- 11.22 Motor Neuron Disorders
12.00 Mental Disorders
- 12.02 Neurocognitive Disorders
- 12.03 Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders
- 12.04 Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
- 12.05 Intellectual Disorder
- 12.06 Anxiety and OCD
- 12.07 Somatic Symptom Disorders
- 12.08 Personality and Impulse-control Disorders
- 12.10 Autism Spectrum Disorder
- 12.11 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- 12.13 Eating Disorders
- 12.15 Trauma and Stressor Disorders
13.00 Cancer (Malignant Neoplastic Diseases)
- 13.02 Head and Neck Cancer
- 13.03 Skin Cancer
- 13.04 Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- 13.05 Lymphoma
- 13.06 Leukemia
- 13.07 Multiple Myeloma
- 13.08 Salivary Gland Cancer
- 13.09 Thyroid Cancer
- 13.10 Breast Cancer
- 13.11 Skeletal Sarcoma
- 13.12 Maxilla, Orbit, or Temporal Fossa Cancer
- 13.13 Nervous System Cancers
- 13.14 Lung Cancer
- 13.15 Pleura or Mediastinum Cancer
- 13.16 Esophagus or Stomach Cancer
- 13.17 Small Intestine Cancer
- 13.18 Large Intestine Cancer
- 13.19 Liver and Gallbladder Cancer
- 13.20 Pancreatic Cancer
- 13.21 Kidney and Adrenal Cancer
- 13.22 Urinary Bladder Carcinoma
- 13.23 Female Genital Tract Cancers
- 13.24 Prostate Cancer
- 13.25 Testicular Cancer
- 13.26 Penile Carcinoma
- 13.27 Metastatic Cancer of Unknown Primary
- 13.28 Cancer and Stem Cell Transplants
- 13.29 Malignant Melanoma
14.00 Immune System Disorders
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