My family has determined that my 23 year old sister is schizophrenic. What are the requirements for schizophrenia to be a disability?
Schizophrenia is characterized by the onset of psychotic features with the deterioration from a previous level of functioning. SSA’s required level of severity is met when the requirements in both A and B are satisfied, or when the requirements in C are satisfied. They are as follows: A. Medically documented persistence, either continuous or intermittent, of one or more of the following: 1. Delusions or hallucinations; or 2. Catatonic or other grossly disorganized behavior; or 3. Incoherence, loosening of associations, illogical thinking, or poverty of content of speech if associated with one of the following: a. Blunt affect; or b. Flat affect; or c. Inappropriate affect; OR 4. Emotional withdrawal and/or isolation; AND B. Resulting in at least two of the following: 1. Marked restriction of activities of daily living; or 2. Marked difficulties in maintaining social functioning; or 3. Marked difficulties in maintaining concentration, persistence, or pace; or 4. Repeated episodes of dec
