Listing 3.03
Asthma
This listing covers chronic asthma.
Read the full plain-language explanation
To meet it you need BOTH a low FEV1 breathing test result (at listing level while medically stable) AND three hospitalizations for asthma attacks within the same 12-month period, each at least 48 hours long and at least 30 days apart. If you meet it, SSA considers you disabled for at least 1 year from the last hospital discharge before re-evaluating. Asthma can also be evaluated under listing 3.02 if breathing tests alone are severe enough.
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What Listing 3.03 asks for
What SSA looks for — see the 2 items
We will check your records against each of these. Every item comes straight from SSA's own listing.
- Your best FEV1 (air blown out in the first second of a breathing test) must be at or below the table value for your age, sex, and height, measured while you are medically stable and within the same 12-month period as the three hospitalizations in part B.
- Both A and B are required for this listing.
Read the original wording
Your best FEV1 (air blown out in the first second of a breathing test) must be at or below the table value for your age, sex, and height, measured while you are medically stable and within the same 12-month period as the three hospitalizations in part B. Both A and B are required for this listing.
(Listing 3.03, criterion A)
- You were hospitalized for asthma three separate times within one year, with at least 30 days between stays, and each stay lasted at least 48 hours (ER time right before admission counts).
- Both A and B are required.
- If you meet the listing, SSA considers you disabled for 1 year from your last discharge before re-checking.
Read the original wording
You were hospitalized for asthma three separate times within one year, with at least 30 days between stays, and each stay lasted at least 48 hours (ER time right before admission counts). Both A and B are required. If you meet the listing, SSA considers you disabled for 1 year from your last discharge before re-checking.
(Listing 3.03, criterion B)
How long it must last:
- The three hospitalizations must occur within a 12-month period within the period SSA is considering, with the FEV1 measured in the same 12-month period.
- If met, SSA considers you under a disability for 1 year from the discharge date of the last hospitalization; the general 12-month duration expectation also applies.
- Disability onset will be no later than the admission date of the first of the three qualifying hospitalizations.
Read the original wording
The three hospitalizations must occur within a 12-month period within the period SSA is considering, with the FEV1 measured in the same 12-month period. If met, SSA considers you under a disability for 1 year from the discharge date of the last hospitalization; the general 12-month duration expectation also applies. Disability onset will be no later than the admission date of the first of the three qualifying hospitalizations.