Lungs SSDI Claims in Arkansas

Arkansas statewide initial denial rate

62%

Applies to all adult SSDI claims at initial DDS level in Arkansas, not this listing only. Derived from SSA initial-level allowance data for FY2024. Source: SSA State Agency Operations Report (via NOSSCR FY2024 allowance rates publication).

National average initial processing time

~7.4 months

(226 days)

National average for all initial disability claims requiring a medical determination (not condition- or state-specific). Data for FY2025. Source: SSA processing time data.

Blue Book body system

13.00 Cancer (Malignant Neoplastic Diseases)

Listing 13.14 criteria are federal standards that apply nationwide, including in Arkansas.

Medical criteria

SSA Blue Book listing: 13.14 Lungs
Listing criteria (20 CFR Appendix 1, Part A): A. Non-small-cell carcinoma—inoperable, unresectable, recurrent, or metastatic disease to or beyond the hilar nodes. OR B. Small-cell (oat cell) carcinoma. OR C. Carcinoma of the superior sulcus (including Pancoast tumors) with multimodal anticancer therapy (see 13.00E3c). Consider under a disability until at least 18 months from the date of diagnosis. Thereafter, evaluate any residual impairment(s) under the criteria for the affected body system.
Body system category: 13.00 Cancer (Malignant Neoplastic Diseases)
Common denial reason: Lung cancer claims are commonly denied when disease is early-stage, resected, or in remission without meeting listing progression criteria.

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