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Congestive Heart Failure Disability

Under the listings for  Social Security Disability there is a listing noted as Chronic heart failure. Meeting this listing puts the claimant in very poor health, the listing is so detailed that if you meet this listing your health is probably not very good at the moment.

The listing states the following:

(a) Documented cardiac enlargement by appropriate imaging techniques (a cardiothoracic ratio of greater than 0.50 on a PA chest x-ray with good inspiratory effort or left ventricular diastolic diameter of greater ...

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