Listing 13.09
Thyroid gland
This listing covers thyroid cancer.
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SSA looks for the aggressive anaplastic type, cancer that spread beyond nearby lymph nodes and kept growing despite radioactive iodine treatment, or medullary thyroid cancer that spread beyond nearby lymph nodes. Only one path (A, B, or C) is needed.
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What Listing 13.09 asks for
What SSA looks for — see the 3 items
We will check your records against each of these. Every item comes straight from SSA's own listing.
You have anaplastic thyroid cancer, a rare and very aggressive type. The pathology diagnosis alone is enough.
(Listing 13.09, criterion A)
The thyroid cancer spread past the nearby lymph nodes AND kept growing even after radioactive iodine treatment. Both parts are needed for this path, but this path alone is enough.
(Listing 13.09, criterion B)
You have medullary thyroid cancer that has spread past the nearby lymph nodes. This alone is enough — no failed treatment needs to be shown.
(Listing 13.09, criterion C)
How long it must last:
No listing-specific duration stated. Under 13.00H2, an impairment meeting this listing is considered disabling until at least 3 years after onset of complete remission.