These include chronic anemia, sickle cell disease and various blood disorders including hemophilia, leukemia and several others.

These can be very significant and life-threatening medical disorders. They require specialized medical treatment. For purposes of disability, they are generally evaluated based on the chronicity of the condition, as manifested by the presence of certain clinical findings for at least three months following initiation of treatment.  

The symptoms commonly associated with these disorders include fatigue, weight loss, pain, spontaneous hemorrhage and/or recurrent infection. These symptoms can be disabling, even if the underlying medical disorder has not progressed to a severe level.   However, judges and others who evaluate disability claims are not as familiar with these disorders as some others. Establishing a claim of disability predicated solely on the symptoms of a hemic or lymphatic disorder often requires persuasive evidence obtained from a medical specialist and careful case preparation by a knowledgeable attorney.