Loss of speech due to any cause, SSDI Claims in Illinois

Medical criteria

SSA Blue Book listing

2.09 Loss of speech due to any cause,

Listing criteria (20 CFR Appendix 1, Part A)

with inability to produce by any means speech that can be heard, understood, or sustained. | Table 1—Percentage of Visual Acuity Efficiency Corresponding to the Best-Corrected Visual Acuity Measurement for Distance in the Better Eye | Snellen | Percent visual acuity efficiency | | --- | --- | --- | | English | Metric | | 20/16 | 6/5 | 100 | | 20/20 | 6/6 | 100 | | 20/25 | 6/7.5 | 95 | | 20/30 | 6/9 | 90 | | 20/40 | 6/12 | 85 | | 20/50 | 6/15 | 75 | | 20/60 | 6/18 | 70 | | 20/70 | 6/21 | 65 | | 20/80 | 6/24 | 60 | | 20/100 | 6/30 | 50 | | Table 2—Chart of Visual Fields | | --- | 1. The diagram of the right eye illustrates the extent of a normal visual field as measured with a III4e stimulus. The sum of the eight principal meridians of this field is 500 degrees. 2. The diagram of the left eye illustrates a visual field contracted to 30 degrees in two meridians and to 20 degrees in the remaining six meridians. The percent of visual field efficiency of this field is: (2 × 30) + (6 × 20) = 180 ÷ 500 = 0.36 or 36 percent visual field efficiency.

Body system category

2.00 Special Senses and Speech

Common denial reason

Speech loss claims are frequently denied when intelligible speech can be produced with assistive devices or when the impairment does not meet listing duration and severity standards.