Listing 4.09
Heart transplant
This listing covers heart transplant recipients. SSA automatically considers you disabled for 1 year after the transplant surgery because of the high risk of rejection and infection during that first year.
Read the full plain-language explanation
After the year, SSA re-evaluates any remaining problems under the appropriate listing. Note that many people qualify as disabled even before the transplant based on their underlying heart disease.
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What Listing 4.09 asks for
What SSA looks for — see the 1 items
We will check your records against each of these. Every item comes straight from SSA's own listing.
- The only requirement is medical proof that you received a heart transplant.
- You are considered disabled for 1 year from the surgery date.
- After that year, SSA looks at any remaining heart problems under other listings.
- Being on a transplant waiting list does not, by itself, establish disability.
Read the original wording
The only requirement is medical proof that you received a heart transplant. You are considered disabled for 1 year from the surgery date. After that year, SSA looks at any remaining heart problems under other listings. Being on a transplant waiting list does not, by itself, establish disability.
(Listing 4.09, criterion A)
How long it must last:
Disability is established for 1 year following the transplant surgery; after that, residual impairment is evaluated under the appropriate listing.