Obstetrics/Gynecology and Neonatal
Short Stature in Infants and Children
March 2003
Clinical Focus*
- Is short stature (height < 5th percentile) as a result of a medically determinable
impairment associated with severe functional limitations, according to, but
not limited to, the Social Security Administration's (SSA) definition of
disability?
- What is the evidence that short stature (height < 5th percentile) due to
a skeletal dysplasia is disabling according to, but not limited to, SSA's
definition of disability? If so, are children disabled by virtue of their
size or other features of their conditions?
- What is the evidence that a sustained decrease in linear growth velocity can be used as a marker of severity of an underlying disease? Is such a process likely to be disabling?
*Addressed in the summary or evidence report.
Criteria for Determining Disability in Infants and Children: Short Stature
Summary (Publication No. 03-E025, March 2003)
Evidence Report (Publication No. 03-E025, March 2003)
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EPC: Tufts-New England Medical Center
Topic Nominator: Social Security Administration
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