Listing 9.00.diabetes_mellitus · Endocrine disorders

Diabetes mellitus (route to secondary body-system listing)

To be approved under this listing, a claim must meet all of the criteria below — and the medical records have to prove it.

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    Diabetes mellitus with complications evaluated under the body system affected: diabetic peripheral neuropathy → §11.14, diabetic retinopathy → §2.00 series, diabetic nephropathy → §6.00 series, diabetic cardiovascular → §4.00 series, recurrent severe hypoglycemia → §11.00 (cognitive sequelae) or §12.00.

    In plain terms: How has diabetes affected other parts of your body — nerves, eyes, kidneys, heart, or feet?

    Evidence required:Treating physician reportLab panel

Note · Diabetes itself rarely meets a listing without end-organ damage. Layer 4 / Layer 6 should probe for the secondary body-system listings most likely to apply.

Read the official SSA text for Listing 9.00.diabetes_mellitus

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Source: SSA Listing of Impairments (Blue Book), 20 CFR Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1 · Updated 2026-06-18. Criteria paraphrased for readability; see the official SSA text linked above. Not legal or medical advice — whether a specific medical record meets Listing 9.00.diabetes_mellitus is an individualized judgment SSA makes on the evidence.