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Genito-Urinary System Back to List of Social Security Impairments / Damages
6.01 Category of Impairments, Genito-Urinary System
6.02 Impairment of renal function, due to any chronic renal disease expected to last 12 months (e.g., hypertensive vascular disease, chronic nephritis, nephrolithiasis, polycystic disease, bilateral hydronephrosis, etc.) With:
A. Chronic hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis necessitated by irreversible renal failure; or
B. Kidney transplant. Consider under a disability for 12 months following surgery; thereafter, evaluate the residual impairment (see 6.00C); or
C. Persistent elevation of serum creatinine to 4 mg. per deciliter (100 ml.) or greater or reduction of creatinine clearance to 20 ml. per minute (29 liters/ 24 hours) or less, over at least 3 months, with one of the following:
1. Renal osteodystrophy manifested by severe bone pain and abnormalities shown by appropriate medically acceptable imaging (e.g., osteitis fibrosa, marked osteoporosis, pathologic fractures); or
2. A clinical episode of pericarditis; or
3. Persistent motor or sensory neuropathy; or
4. Intractable pruritus; or
5. Persistent fluid overload syndrome resulting in diastolic hypertension (110 mm. or above) or signs of vascular congestion; or
6. Persistent anorexia with recent weight loss and current weight meeting the values in 5.08, Table III or IV; or
7. Persistent hematocrits of 30 percent or less.
6.06 Nephrotic syndrome, with significant anasarca, persistent for at least 3 months despite prescribed therapy. With:
A. Serum albumin of 3.0 gm. per deciliter (100 ml.) or less and proteinuria of 3.5 gm. per 24 hours or greater; or
B. Proteinuria of 10.0 gm. per 24 hours or greater.
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