Listing 8.08
Burns
This listing covers burns that no longer need surgery — either they never required continuing surgical management, or a doctor has documented they have reached maximum benefit from surgery.
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The burns must have left chronic skin lesions or contractures (tight scar tissue) that cause chronic pain or other physical limits. SSA looks for one of four kinds of documented functional loss: loss of use of both arms/hands; loss of one arm/hand plus a medically documented need for an assistive device that occupies the other; inability to rise from sitting and stay upright due to involvement of at least two limbs; or inability to stay upright standing/walking due to involvement of both legs. Only one of A, B, C, or D is needed. Burns still under surgical management are evaluated under the musculoskeletal listings (1.00) instead.
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What Listing 8.08 asks for
What SSA looks for — see the 4 items
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- Burn-related chronic skin lesions or scar contractures keep you from using either arm or hand well enough to start, keep doing, and finish work tasks needing fine movements (pinching, fingering) and gross movements (gripping, reaching, lifting).
- Only one of A, B, C, or D is needed.
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Burn-related chronic skin lesions or scar contractures keep you from using either arm or hand well enough to start, keep doing, and finish work tasks needing fine movements (pinching, fingering) and gross movements (gripping, reaching, lifting). Only one of A, B, C, or D is needed.
(Listing 8.08, criterion A)
- You cannot use one arm or hand for work tasks needing fine and gross movements because of burn lesions or contractures, AND medical records document your need for an assistive device (like a cane, crutch, or walker) that ties up your other arm for at least 12 continuous months.
- A prescription is not required, but the record must describe why you need the device.
- Only one of A–D is needed.
Read the original wording
You cannot use one arm or hand for work tasks needing fine and gross movements because of burn lesions or contractures, AND medical records document your need for an assistive device (like a cane, crutch, or walker) that ties up your other arm for at least 12 continuous months. A prescription is not required, but the record must describe why you need the device. Only one of A–D is needed.
(Listing 8.08, criterion B)
- Burn-related chronic skin lesions or contractures affecting at least two limbs (or the groin or perineum area) keep you from standing up from a seat and staying upright well enough to do work activities.
- Only one of A–D is needed.
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Burn-related chronic skin lesions or contractures affecting at least two limbs (or the groin or perineum area) keep you from standing up from a seat and staying upright well enough to do work activities. Only one of A–D is needed.
(Listing 8.08, criterion C)
- Burn-related chronic skin lesions or contractures affecting both legs (or the groin or perineum area) keep you from staying upright while standing or walking well enough to do work activities.
- Only one of A–D is needed.
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Burn-related chronic skin lesions or contractures affecting both legs (or the groin or perineum area) keep you from staying upright while standing or walking well enough to do work activities. Only one of A–D is needed.
(Listing 8.08, criterion D)
How long it must last:
- The functional limitation(s) must have lasted, or be expected to last, for a continuous period of at least 12 months.
- The burns must also be documented by an acceptable medical source as no longer requiring surgical management or as having reached maximum therapeutic benefit.
Read the original wording
The functional limitation(s) must have lasted, or be expected to last, for a continuous period of at least 12 months. The burns must also be documented by an acceptable medical source as no longer requiring surgical management or as having reached maximum therapeutic benefit.