The Social Security Administration (“SSA”) added 12 new Compassionate Allowances conditions to the Compassionate Allowances program. This brings the total number of conditions on the list to 254. Disabilities that comprise the Compassionate Allowance list represent the most serious disabilities that affect individuals. The purpose of the program is to expedite disability decisions, so individuals suffering from these severe diseases receive their benefit decisions as quick as possible. Close to 700,000 people with life-threatening disabilities have received their benefits through this expedited process. The new additions include:
1. Charlevoix Saguenay Spastic Ataxia (ARSACS)
2. Choroid Plexus Carcinoma
3. CIC-rearranged Sarcoma,
4. Congenital Zika Syndrome
5. Desmoplastic Mesothelioma
6. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – Adult
7. Pericardial Mesothelioma
8. Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma
9. Renpenning Syndrome
10. SCN8A Related Epilepsy with Encephalopathy
11. SYNGAP1-related NSID
12. Taybi-Linder Syndrome
To see a complete list of all the impairments which qualify for the Compassionate Allowances program, visit this website: https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2021/#8-2021-1
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