My daughter was diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitus (EoE) in February 2016. She has had a g-tube for 100% of her feeding since March 2016. Is she considered disabled?

[trendavey]

Although she is sick (vomits a lot) and in a lot of pain she does go to preschool and swim class and interact with other children her age (3 ) in a normal setting. Her only restrictions are no food by mouth (only formula through the g-tube every 2 hours) and she does not play in a sand box or a beach. She does have a diagnosis of EoE and allergies to all food. She sees several specialists for her disease and we travel to see these specialists. She has also had 5 surgical procedures this past year due to her disease and feeding tube. 

[xmasbaby0 · Accepted solution]

So sorry to hear about your child's health problems.  There is not any extra tax benefit or deduction to saying that a child under age 13 is disabled on your Federal return.  If you have a disabled child over 12 and need to pay for childcare so you can work, saying the child is disabled can enable you to claim the childcare credit.  Or if the child is 19 or older, you can still claim the disabled child as your dependent.  Otherwise, it does not benefit you to claim that your child is disabled.  Your state tax laws may be different.

Of course, any medical expenses you are paying out of pocket should be entered in Medical Expenses in case you have met the threshold for claiming medical expenses as a deduction.