Social Security disability benefit eligibility after kidney transplantation

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease is a clinical syndrome in which there is progressive and irreversible loss of kidney function. In Brazil, the social security agency uses the glomerular filtration rate of creatinine as one of the criteria for establishing the degree of disability of the insurance claimant. However, with kidney transplantation it is possible to improve the quality of life of the claimant, making it possible for him/her to resume his/her social role. After the initial period of transplantation, the claimant may be capable of returning to work. Thus, this paper discusses the aspects that must be investigated by the expert physician, as an official social pension expert, regarding the conditions of an insurance claimant whom has had a kidney transplant.