The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a listing of impairments (divided by body systems) at step three of the sequential evaluation process when reviewing claims for Social Security disability and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.
If a claimant for disability or SSI benefits meets or medically equals the criteria for one of the listing of impairments, the claim is approved at that step. In today’s Federal Register, SSA extended the expiration dates for several body systems:
“We are extending the expiration dates of the following body systems in the Listing of Impairments (listings) in our regulations: Special Senses and Speech, Hematological Disorders, and Congenital Disorders That Affect Multiple Body Systems. We are making no other revisions to these body systems in this final rule.”
The new expiration date for these body systems listings is June 5, 2026.