Two Excellent Online Calculators

The liver disease listing at 5.00 requires documentation from a variety of lab test results. On its website, Social Security has a hidden link to a chronic liver disease calculator that can be of assistance to you and your physician in determining whether your liver disease approaches listing level.

In addition, there is another online calculator that you may find helpful – this one is from the United Network for Organ Sharing.  This calculator determines your MELD (Model for End state Liver Disease score.  The Mayo Clinic web site references other calculators as well.

These tools can be helpful to a physician who is supporting you in your claim for disability based on liver disease.  Even if you do not meet the listing, your doctor can use these tools and the scores they generate to complete a functional capacity evaluation form.

When your liver function decreases to the point where your test scores document serious liver disease, your doctor can assume serious activity limitations – such as the inability to complete a regular workday without excessive interruptions, or a likelihood that you would miss excessive days from work.