AADEP Position Paper: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome: Impairment and Disability Issues.Disability. 1999, Vol 8, #1; Supplement 1–10.
AADEP Position Paper: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.Disability. 1999, Vol 8, #2; Supplement 1–12.
AADEP Position Paper: Fibromyalgia: Impairment and Disability Issues.Disability. 1999, Vol 8. #3; Supplement 1–16.
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome (MCS), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), and Fibromyalgia (FMA) all share several features. These conditions are collections of subjective symptoms that occur together frequently enough to be recognized as Syndromes. There are no known objective physical exam, laboratory, or imaging test abnormalities to correlate with these symptoms. Many of the patients with these syndromes allege disability, and occasionally some need to be evaluated for impairment. The Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 4th Edition does not mention these conditions, but earlier editions of the Guides...
