Hi! I live in Ohio and the determination for my SSDI was the loss of function performing basic living tasks. I have RSD in my left arm, which is my dominant one, and depression and the combination was approved by the hearing judge with no argument from the other members of the panel. Pain factored into it because it keeps me from using my arm for things. This was a long process because of the back log of cases and the fact that about 80% of claims are initially rejected to weed out people who are trying to take advantage of the system, but the benefits were based on the initial filing date. Hop this helps a tiny bit, Lisa