Hi Dolores and thx much for posting this. Good news RSD/CRPS is getting
recognized (in the past sometimes called "Causalgia.") I have it in fierce
forms and know others who have it too, taint easy and credibility is much
needed. Sending best wishes, LDMF.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "delores kaplan" <saulswife@...>
To: "CPConnection" <chronicpainconnection@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 4:57 PM
Subject: [FriendsUnitedInPain] Fwd: [Hugs-N-Pain] RSDSA Alert: RSD/CRPS
Ruling for SSA Disability Determinations is now effective.


> From: "Jo.Dan"
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:25:27 -0400
> Subject: [Hugs-N-Pain] RSDSA Alert: RSD/CRPS Ruling for SSA Disability
Determinations is now effective.
>
> Subj: RSDSA Alert: RSD/CRPS Ruling for SSA Disability Determinations
> is now effective
>
> We received the following notice today from the Social Secutiry
> Administration.
>
> The attached PDF file document, SSR 03-2p, was published in the
> Federal Register on October 20, 2003 (68 FR 59971) and became
> effective as of that date. This ruling explains Social Security
> policies for developing and evaluating Title II and Title XVI claims
> for disability on the basis of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
> (RSDS), also frequently known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Type
> I (CRPS). These terms are synonymous and are used to describe a
> unique clinical syndrome that may develop following trauma. This
> syndrome is characterized by complaints of intense pain and typically
> includes signs of autonomic dysfunction.
>
> The Social Security Administration is in the process of converting
> this Social Security Ruling into a POMS format.
>
> This ruling is also available at:
> http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
>
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> Delores from Ma.
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