Asthma SSDI Claims in Missouri

Missouri statewide initial denial rate

57%

Applies to all adult SSDI claims at initial DDS level in Missouri, 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

3.00 Respiratory Disorders

Listing 3.03 criteria are federal standards that apply nationwide, including in Missouri.

Medical criteria

SSA Blue Book listing: 3.03 Asthma
Listing criteria (20 CFR Appendix 1, Part A): (see 3.00I), with both A and B: A. FEV 1 (see 3.00E1) less than or equal to the value in Table VI-A or VI-B for your age, gender, and height without shoes (see 3.00E3a) measured within the same 12-month period as the hospitalizations in 3.03B. | Table VI—FEV 1 Criteria for 3.03A | Height without shoes (centimeters) < means less than | Height without shoes (inches) < means less than | Table VI-A | Table VI-B | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Age 18 to attainment of age 20 | Age 20 or older | | Females FEV 1 less than or equal to (L, BTPS) | Males FEV 1 less than or equal to (L, BTPS) | Females FEV 1 less than or equal to (L, BTPS) | Males FEV 1 less than or equal to (L, BTPS) | | <153.0 | <60.25 | 1.65 | 1.90 | 1.45 | 1.60 | | 153.0 to <159.0 | 60.25 to <62.50 | 1.75 | 2.05 | 1.55 | 1.75 | | 159.0 to <164.0 | 62.50 to <64.50 | 1.85 | 2.15 | 1.65 | 1.90 | | 164.0 to <169.0 | 64.50 to <66.50 | 1.95 | 2.30 | 1.75 | 2.00 | | 169.0 to <174.0 | 66.50 to <68.50 | 2.05 | 2.45 | 1.85 | 2.15 | | 174.0 to <180.0 | 68.50 to <70.75 | 2.20 | 2.60 | 2.00 | 2.30 | | 180.0 to <185.0 | 70.75 to <72.75 | 2.35 | 2.75 | 2.10 | 2.45 | | 185.0 or more | 72.75 or more | 2.40 | 2.85 | 2.20 | 2.55 | AND B. Exacerbations or complications requiring three hospitalizations within a 12-month period and at least 30 days apart (the 12-month period must occur within the period we are considering in connection with your application or continuing disability review). Each hospitalization must last at least 48 hours, including hours in a hospital emergency department immediately before the hospitalization. Consider under a disability for 1 year from the discharge date of the last hospitalization; after that, evaluate the residual impairment(s) under 3.03 or another appropriate listing.
Body system category: 3.00 Respiratory Disorders
Common denial reason: Asthma claims are often denied when PEF or FEV1 readings between attacks are not persistently low enough, or when hospitalizations do not meet the required pattern.

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