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Listing 13.14

Lungs

This listing covers lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer qualifies by diagnosis alone. Non-small-cell lung cancer qualifies if it cannot be removed by surgery, comes back, or spreads to or beyond the hilar lymph nodes.

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Pancoast (superior sulcus) tumors treated with combined therapy also qualify for at least 18 months. Only one path (A, B, or C) is needed.

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What Listing 13.14 asks for

What SSA looks for — see the 3 items

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    • You have non-small-cell lung cancer that surgery cannot remove (or could not fully remove), that came back after treatment, or that spread to or past the hilar lymph nodes in the center of the chest.
    • Any one of these is enough.
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    You have non-small-cell lung cancer that surgery cannot remove (or could not fully remove), that came back after treatment, or that spread to or past the hilar lymph nodes in the center of the chest. Any one of these is enough.

    (Listing 13.14, criterion A)

  • You have small cell (oat cell) lung cancer. The pathology diagnosis alone is enough — no spread or treatment failure needs to be shown.

    (Listing 13.14, criterion B)

    • You have a superior sulcus (Pancoast) tumor at the top of the lung being treated with at least two combined treatment types.
    • Treatment counts once the first part starts.
    • SSA considers you disabled for at least 18 months from diagnosis.
    • This alone is enough.
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    You have a superior sulcus (Pancoast) tumor at the top of the lung being treated with at least two combined treatment types. Treatment counts once the first part starts. SSA considers you disabled for at least 18 months from diagnosis. This alone is enough.

    (Listing 13.14, criterion C)

How long it must last:

Criterion C: disabling until at least 18 months from the date of diagnosis. Otherwise, under 13.00H2, disabling until at least 3 years after onset of complete remission.