Cardiovascular Disability

The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired that they cannot work at all and thus immediately qualify for benefits. In this report, the IOM makes several recommendations for improving SSA's capacity to determine disability benefits more quickly and efficiently using the Listings. Table of Contents Front Matter Executive Summary Overview 1 Introduction 2 Social Security Disability Programs and Procedures 3 Cardiovascular Disability Trends 4 Approaches to Revising the Cardiovascular Listings 5 Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy,and Right Heart Failure 6 Heart Transplantation 7 Ischemic Heart Disease 8 Peripheral Artery Disease 9 Chronic Venous Insufficiency 10 Congenital Heart Disease 11 Pulmonary Hypertension 12 Valvular Heart Disease 13 Arrhythmias 14 Aneurysm or Dissection of the Aorta and Peripheral Arteries 15 Comorbidities 16 Future Directions for Improving the Listings Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff Appendix B: Literature Review Appendix C: Review of ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines