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    Default When Does SSD End if Cancer Goes Into Remission

    I was diagnosed with stage III metastatic malignant melanoma, which is on the disabilities list and I am 53yrs old. I was accepted in march of last year, started drawing in november of last year. I went through 2 months of radiations and a full year of chemo therapy. Currently i'm off chemo (was messing with my blood) and will have a PET scan (nuclear mri) full body in may. Last PET scan showed no anomolies, but i'm still at risk.... ending paragraph of medical report says " unknown primary", which means they don't know where it came from. At current time I am in remission, after the next PET scan if they do not find anything, I will be classed as "total remission" but not "cured". The surgery I had disabled me as far as arm movement (lost 20% motion) and neck movement (lost about 40% motion) and alot of strength. My question is.... if I go into total remission, will I loose my SSD? At present I "might" be able to sit and do a job (i'm typing this eh?) but i'm still using pain medicine sometimes. I'm currently going through physical training to get back to what ever level I can, but will never get back total arm and neck movements. Should I have my cancer doc write up a letter or my physical therapist? thanks for all input.

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    Default Re: When Does SSD End if Cancer Goes Into Remission

    In general terms,
    Quote Quoting H. How long do we consider your impairment to be disabling?
    1. In some listings, we specify that we will consider your impairment to be disabling until a particular point in time (for example, at least 18 months from the date of diagnosis). We may consider your impairment to be disabling beyond this point when the medical and other evidence justifies it.

    2. When a listing does not contain such a specification, we will consider an impairment(s) that meets or medically equals a listing in this body system to be disabling until at least 3 years after onset of complete remission. When the impairment(s) has been in complete remission for at least 3 years, that is, the original tumor or a recurrence (or relapse) and any metastases have not been evident for at least 3 years, the impairment(s) will no longer meet or medically equal the criteria of a listing in this body system.

    3. Following the appropriate period, we will consider any residuals, including residuals of the malignancy or therapy (see 13.00G), in determining whether you are disabled. If you have a recurrence or relapse of your malignancy, your impairment may meet or medically equal one of the listings in this body system again.

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