The Social Security Administration announced the addition of 35 more compassionate allowance conditions to fast-track the process for applying for disability benefits.
There are now 200 conditions on the list of compassionate allowances, which include diseases and other serious medical conditions that automatically qualify an applicant for disability benefits if the criteria are met. Applicants with one of these conditions can receive a decision on their social security disability benefits within days rather than weeks.
Conditions on the list include certain types of cancers, brain disorders, and other severe health problems. These conditions are considered to be so severe that Social Security Administration examiners do not need to fully develop an applicant’s work history to make a decision on the claim.
The new conditions added to the compassionate allowances list are:
- Adult Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Adult Onset Huntington Disease
- Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome
- Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma
- Aplastic Anemia
- Beta Thalassemia Major
- Bilateral Optic Atrophy – Infantile
- Caudal Regression Syndrome – Types III and IV
- Child T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
- Congenital Lymphedema
- DeSanctis Cacchione Syndrome
- Dravet Syndrome
- Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma
- Erdheim Chester Disease
- Fatal Familial Insomnia
- Fryns Syndrome
- Fulminant Giant Cell Myocarditis
- Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome
- Leiomyosarcoma
- Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
- Malignant Germ Cell Tumor
- MECP 2 Duplication Syndrome
- Menkes Disease – Classic or Infantile Onset Form
- NFU-1 Mitochondrial Disease
- Peritoneal Mucinous Carcinomatosis
- Phelan- McDermid Syndrome
- Retinopathy of Prematurity – Stage V
- Roberts Syndrome
- Severe Combined Immunodeficiency – Childhood
- Sinonasal Cancer
- Transplant Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
- Usher Syndrome – Type I
Michael J. Astrue, commissioner of Social Security, said that nearly 200,000 people with severe disabilities have been approved for benefits quickly, usually within two weeks, through the compassionate allowances program since it began in 2008.
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