The NM_003494.4: c.3517dup p.(Ser1173PhefsTer2) variant in DYSF, which is also known as NM_001130987.2: c.3571dup p.(Ser1191PhefsTer2), is a frameshift variant predicted to cause a premature stop codon in biologically relevant exon 32/55, leading to nonsense mediated decay in a gene in which loss of function is an established disease mechanism (PVS1). This variant has been reported in at least six patients with dysferlinopathy (PMID: 19528035, 18853459, 27447704, 36983702), including in a homozygous state in two individuals without reported familial consanguinity (1.0 pts, PMID: 19528035, 27447704), confirmed in trans with a likely pathogenic or pathogenic variant (NM_003494.4: c.3113G>A p.(Arg1038Gln), 1.0 pt, PMID: 36983702), and in unknown phase with a pathogenic variant (NM_003494.4: c.5836_5839del p.(Gln1946TrpfsTer19), 0.5 pts, PMID: 36983702) (PM3_Strong). At least one of the patients with this variant and a second presumed diagnostic DYSF variant displayed progressive proximal muscle weakness and absent dysferlin protein expression in skeletal muscle, which is highly specific for DYSF-related LGMD (PP4_Strong; PMID: 18853459, 36983702). The filtering allele frequency of this variant is 0.000053899 in gnomAD v4.1.0 exomes (the upper threshold of the 95% CI of 47/1111990 European (non-Finnish) chromosomes), which is less than the ClinGen LGMD VCEP threshold (≤0.0001) (PM2_Supporting). 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; 05/14/2025): PVS1, PM3_Strong, PP4_Strong, PM2_Supporting.