Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) affects as many as 6 to 10 million men, women and children in the United States alone, yet it is not a disease entity that is easily understood, classified or treated. Part of that may be because of the shroud of confusion regarding the illness.
Fibromyalgia is recognized as enough of a legitimate medical problem that the Social Security Administration sees fit to classify it in cases of disability within the language of their regulation 99-2p.
Note: people who meet that criteria were originally intended to be ones suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), but as the regulation’s wording implies, it was extended to cover Fibromyalgia, too. (*See 2 through 8 at the end of the regulation for more information. If you intend to file for SSA or SSI disability, print out a copy of the regulation and study it. You must meet the exact qualifications to be classed as having a disability.)
To meet the statutory requirements for disability…
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