The NM_000023.4: c.850C>T variant in SGCA is a missense variant predicted to cause substitution of arginine by cysteine at amino acid 284 (p.Arg284Cys). This variant has been detected in at least five individuals with autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy. Of those individuals, one was compound heterozygous for the variant and a pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant (c.241C>T p.(Arg81Cys), 1 pt, PMID: 17994539), and two were homozygous for the variant (1 pt, PMID: 26404900, 26453141) (PM3_Strong). At least one patient with this variant and a second presumed diagnostic variant in SGCA displayed progressive limb girdle muscle weakness and significantly reduced or absent alpha-sarcoglycan protein expression, which is highly specific for SGCA-related LGMD (PP4_Strong; UCSD internal clinic data communication, PMID: 17994539). In addition, the variant has been reported to segregate with autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy in one affected family member (PP1; PMID: 17994539). The minor allele frequency for this variant is 0.0002205 in the European (non-Finnish) population of gnomAD v3.1.2 (15/68028 genome chromosomes), which exceeds the LGMD VCEP threshold of 0.00009 for PM2_Supporting (criterion not met). The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.754, which is above the threshold of 0.7, evidence that correlates with impact to SGCA function (PP3). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as Pathogenic for autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy based on the ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen LGMD VCEP (LGMD VCEP specifications version 1.0.0; 01/09/2025): PM3_Strong, PP4_Strong, PP1, PP3.