Social Security Accelerates
Decisions for People with Severe Disabilities
Agency Expands Compassionate Allowances
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[August 17, 2022]
Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social
Security, today announced 12 new Compassionate Allowances
conditions: Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma, Blastic Plasmacytoid
Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease,
Microvillus Inclusion Disease – Child, Mowat-Wilson Syndrome,
Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Excess Blasts, NUT Carcinoma, Pfeiffer
Syndrome - Types II and III, Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia, Posterior
Cortical Atrophy, Renal Amyloidosis – AL Type, and Sarcomatoid
Mesothelioma.
The Compassionate Allowances program quickly identifies claims where
the applicant’s condition or disease clearly meets Social Security’s
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 800,000
people with severe disabilities have been approved through this
accelerated, policy-compliant disability process, which has grown to
a total of 266 conditions.
“The Social Security Administration is committed to reducing
barriers and ensuring people who are eligible for benefits receive
them,” said Acting Commissioner Kijakazi. “Our Compassionate
Allowances program allows us to strengthen that commitment by
accelerating the disability application process for people with the
most severe disabilities.”
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When a person applies for disability benefits, Social Security
must obtain medical records in order to make an accurate determination. The
agency incorporates leading technology to identify potential Compassionate
Allowances cases and make quick decisions. Social Security’s Health IT brings
the speed and efficiency of electronic medical records to the disability
determination process. With electronic records transmission, Social Security can
quickly obtain a claimant’s medical information, review it, and make a fast
determination.
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For more information about the program, including a list of all
Compassionate Allowances conditions, please visit
www.socialsecurity.
gov/compassionateallowances.
To learn more about Social Security’s Health IT program, please visit
www.socialsecurity.gov/
hit.
People may apply online for disability benefits by visiting
www.socialsecurity.gov.
To create a my Social Security account, please visit
www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount.
[Jack Myers
Public Affairs Specialist
Social Security Administration] |