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 266. 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. More than 800,000 people with life-threatening disabilities have received their benefits through this expedited process. The new additions include:
1. Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma
2. Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell
Neoplasm
3. Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease
4. Microvillus Inclusion Disease – Child
5. Mowat-Wilson Syndrome,
6. Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Excess
Blasts
7. NUT Carcinoma
8. Pfeiffer Syndrome - Types II and III
9. Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia
10.
Posterior
Cortical Atrophy
11.
Renal
Amyloidosis – AL Type
12. Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma
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/2022/?utm_content=pressrelease&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#8-2022-1
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