WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Social Security Administration has issued a rule called: Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Cardiovascular Disorders.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on July 2 by Mark Steffensen, General Counsel, Social Security Administration.
Summary: We are revising the criteria in the Listing of Impairments (listings) that we use to evaluate claims involving cardiovascular disorders in adults and children under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act (Act). The revisions reflect our adjudicative experience, advances in medical knowledge, and comments we received from the public in response to a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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