Fed Regist. 2003 Aug 28;68(167):51689-92.
We are revising the criteria in the Listing of Impairments (the listings) that we use to evaluate Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). We apply these criteria when you claim benefits based on disability under title II or title XVI of the Social Security Act (the Act). The revision provides that we will find you disabled if you have medical evidence showing that you have ALS. Because of this change, we are also adding guidance about ALS to our listings. We are also adding ALS to the list of specific impairment categories in our regulation that provides for presumptive disability payments under title XVI.
我们正在修订用于评估肌萎缩侧索硬化症（ALS）的《损伤列表》（列表）中的标准。当你根据《社会保障法》（该法案）第二篇或第十六篇基于残疾申领福利时，我们会应用这些标准。此次修订规定，如果有医学证据表明你患有ALS，我们将认定你为残疾。由于这一变化，我们还在列表中增加了关于ALS的指导说明。我们还将ALS添加到我们的法规中特定损伤类别的列表中，该列表规定了第十六篇下的推定残疾给付。
