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At Bama when medical documention of a learning disability is submitted to Panhellenic, all chapters are informed of this. (FYI - We are not given copies of the documentation because of privacy laws.) It is then left up to each individual chapter to decide how to handle it. Also, we are given the option by Panhellenic to not add in the GPAs of members with documented learning disabilities into a chapter's cummulative GPA calculations/ranking.
Inat'ls have different policies regarding documented learning disabilities as well. For example with ADPi, each chapter is limited to a max % of any pledge class that would be considered a "grade exception", i.e. incoming GPA below our normal cutoff. However any PNM/pledge with a documented learning disability would not be counted in that % provided we receive approval ahead of time. We also take learning disabilities into consideration when devising scholarship plans for that member. For example, typical study hall hours may not be appropriate or beneficial for someone with a learning disability.
Notice I keep saying "documented". I've seen both PNMs and members claim learning disabities only to later discover it was bogus. They just didn't want to be held accountable for their poor grades.
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