At least 250 was the defining mark when I was diagnosed and my then id pcp took it upon herself to file for disability for me because as she told husband " as long as he has been my patient he has always held a job so his income will definitely be missed if nothing is comming in " .

That took things totally out of my husband's and parents hands other than to have to order a copy of my birth certificate.

I thought the lowest level fjr an Aids determination waz 250 or lower :o

All the rules have changed for disability with hiv. You must have a diagnosed AIDS opportunistic infection( look at the cdc's page for what they consider opportunistic infections) and it must be permanent and your T cells must be below 350 for a period of time before they will even consider your application.

@A myHIVteam Member .

Used to be that the side effects of Aids and or the meds were enuf to qualify for disability but since Aids its self has been downgraded to a " manageable chronic disease just having Aids is not as simple to use for reason to automatically qualify one for disability.

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I think AIDS in its self should qualify for ssi