Compassionate Allowances: Five Conditions Added to Fast Track
Reading Time: 2 MinutesLast Updated: August 19, 2021
Processing disability claims quickly and accurately is important to us. It is through this commitment to you that we use the Compassionate Allowances program to help us identify and fast-track cases where people have medical conditions and diseases that are most likely to meet Social Security’s standards for disability benefits.
In August, we added five conditions — Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors, GM1 Gangliosidosis – Infantile and Juvenile Forms, Nicolaides-Baraister Syndrome, Rubinstein-Tybai Syndrome, and Secondary Adenocarcinoma of the Brain — to this essential list. Additions to the list allow us to ensure that anyone with qualifying disabilities can receive the benefits they need quickly.
“Social Security’s top priority is to serve the public, and we remain committed to improving the disability determination process for Americans,” said Commissioner Saul. “Our Compassionate Allowances program gets us one step closer to reaching our goals by helping us accelerate the disability process for people who are likely to get approved for benefits due to the severity of their condition.”
The Compassionate Allowances program quickly identifies claims where the applicant’s condition or disease clearly meets our statutory standard for disability. Due to the severe nature of many of these conditions, these claims are often allowed based on medical confirmation of the diagnosis alone. To date, more than 600,000 people with severe disabilities have been approved through this accelerated, policy-compliant disability process. Over the last decade, the list has grown to a total of 242 conditions, including certain cancers, adult brain disorders, and a number of rare disorders that affect children.
We incorporate leading technology to identify potential Compassionate Allowances and make quick decisions. When a person applies for disability benefits, we must obtain medical records in order to make an accurate determination. Our Health IT brings the speed and efficiency of electronic medical records to the disability determination process. With electronic records transmission, we are able to quickly obtain a claimant’s medical information, review it, and make a determination faster than ever before.
Please share the Compassionate Allowances program with friends and family who may need these vital benefits.
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Judy M.
My son was denied he has Anaplastic Astrocytoma its on the list. Its a terminal cancer. The man that called was rude and cocky!
Gary
Yeah, they will approve you in 3 or 4 weeks and then they tell you to come back in six months. If you’re still alive by then, they will start paying you.
Donna K.
Why can’t stroke be added to the list?
Yolanda G.
I NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS TO SEE IF I QUALIFY.
Brad D.
There should be a compassionate clause for the spouse of a disabled person. Allowing them to build a retirement plan while they’re disabled spouse receives SSI. If I outlive my disabled spouse I’ll be pushing a shopping cart down the alleys and sleeping in the dumpsters because social security has not allowed me to save for a retirement.
Sharon Y.
I have often heard words like handicapped or disabled, but I’ve never seen any definitions! Where are they found? Are the fiscal numbers of the handicapped person taken in as a factor?
USA C.
How misleading. This system is a scam, and those with dementia – documented by social security’s own professionals – are turned down and often pay a “lawyer” from their meager benefits. We wait for approval, while this man who paid for many years into the fraudulent system may not be paid, may not be alive to receive it, and the exploitation continues. He will never again work because he is disabled, and neither will he line the pockets of these fraudsters.
Crystal A.
I’ve applied went through whole process and got denied. Starting process all over again. My Dr has labeled me disabled and still fighting. I’m trying hard to keep faith but it’s getting so hard. Always been very hard worker. I don’t like not working but my body won’t allow it.
John M.
Well I live with primary progressive multiple sclerosis and restrictive lung disease. I’m glad finally people with disability don’t have to wait 3 years like I did.
Annie
Why is it that SSI recipients checks start on day they are approved. SSDI claimants must wait 5 months once approved, with no back pay. Compassion SSDI claimonts. Who are dying must also wait 5 months.. Ddoesn’t seem fair to me. You dont work and get rewarded with instant money,” SSI “Medicaid and food stamps automatically. You work all your life and get a dying diagnosis and must wait for a check. Most never collect under compassion care due to the wait.