Social Security announces new Compassionate Allowances conditions
Fast-track disability process will now include 200 conditions
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[December 08, 2012]
BALTIMORE -- Michael J. Astrue, commissioner of Social Security,
announced Thursday that 35 additional Compassionate Allowances
conditions are in effect, bringing the total number of conditions in
the expedited disability process to 200.
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Compassionate Allowances are a way to quickly identify diseases
and other medical conditions that, by definition, meet Social
Security's standards for disability benefits. The program
fast-tracks disability decisions to ensure that Americans with the
most serious disabilities receive their benefit decisions within
days, instead of months or years. These conditions primarily include
certain cancers, adult brain disorders and a number of rare
disorders that affect children.
"We have achieved another milestone for the Compassionate
Allowances program, reaching 200 conditions," Astrue said. "Nearly
200,000 people with severe disabilities nationwide have been quickly
approved, usually in less than two weeks, through the program since
it began in October 2008."
By definition, these conditions are so severe that Social
Security does not need to fully develop the applicant's work history
to make a decision. As a result, Social Security eliminated this
part of the application process for people who have a condition on
the list.
Social Security has conducted seven public hearings and worked
with experts to develop the list of Compassionate Allowances
conditions. The hearings also have helped the agency identify ways
to improve the disability process for applicants with Compassionate
Allowances conditions.
For more information on the Compassionate Allowances initiative,
visit
www.socialsecurity.gov/
compassionateallowances.
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New Compassionate Allowances conditions:
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Adult non-Hodgkin lymphoma
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Adult-onset Huntington disease
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Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome
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Alveolar soft part sarcoma
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Aplastic anemia
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Beta thalassemia major
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Bilateral optic atrophy -- infantile
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Caudal regression syndrome -- Types III and IV
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Child T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma
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Congenital lymphedema
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De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome
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Dravet syndrome
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Endometrial stromal sarcoma
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Erdheim-Chester disease
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Fatal familial insomnia
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Fryns syndrome
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Fulminant giant cell myocarditis
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Hepatopulmonary syndrome
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Hepatorenal syndrome
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Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome
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Leiomyosarcoma
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Malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor
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Malignant germ cell tumor
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MECP2 duplication syndrome
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Menkes disease -- classic or infantile onset form
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NFU1 mitochondrial disease
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Non-ketotic hyperglcinemia
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Peritoneal mucinous carcinomatosis
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Phelan-McDermid syndrome
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Retinopathy of prematurity -- Stage V
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Roberts syndrome
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Severe combined immunodeficiency -- childhood
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Sinonasal cancer
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Transplant coronary artery vasculopathy
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Usher syndrome -- Type I
[Text from
news release received from the
Social Security Administration] |