Overview and objective
A time-based presumption of disability for pancreas transplant recipients, often in the context of brittle diabetes.
Exact text
5.12 Pancreas transplantation. Consider under a disability for 1 year following the date of transplantation. Thereafter, evaluate the residual impairments under the criteria for the affected body system.
Checklist of elements
- Proof of transplant and date.
- Automatic disability for one year; then rate residuals (endocrine complications, renal, cardiovascular).
Tips & recommended evidence
- Transplant package: operative reports, graft function metrics (C-peptide, glucose control), immunosuppression.
- Coordinate with Endocrine (9.00) and Genitourinary (6.00) listings for post-year residuals.
Under Listing 5.12, a Social Security Disability Lawyer can help obtain transplant operative reports, discharge summaries, and immunosuppression records to confirm the pancreas transplant date and establish the automatic one-year period of disability. These records are essential to document graft function and properly apply SSA’s time-based presumption. After the one-year period, ongoing evaluation of residual complications such as unstable glucose control, endocrine dysfunction, renal impairment, or cardiovascular effects becomes critical to determining whether the claimant continues to meet or medically equal a listing under related body systems without vocational analysis.