Social Security lists 14 new eligible health conditions to fast-track disability benefits

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The Social Security Administration this week announced that it has added 14 additional medical conditions to its compassionate allowances list, which can fast-track U.S. disability benefits for individuals.

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With the added medical conditions, there are now 314 conditions on the list in all.

“If your condition is on this list, it’s serious enough to qualify for disability benefits and your application is moved to the front of the line,” according to the Social Security Blog.

Since the Compassionate Allowances List was established, more than 1.2 million people have been approved for disability medical benefits through the accelerated process, Social Security said.

“The Compassionate Allowances initiative cuts through red tape and allows us to deliver support to individuals who experience life-changing diagnoses and need help fast,” SSA Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano said in a prepared statement.

Conditions added to the Compassionate Allowances List

• Adenylosuccinate Lyase Deficiency – Neonatal Form and Type 1
• Aicardi Syndrome
• Baraitser-Winter Syndrome
• Beare-Stevenson Cutis Gyrata Syndrome
• Bohring-Opitz Syndrome
• CASK-Related Gene Disorders
• Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma
• Lafora Disease
• Malignant Migrating Partial Seizures of Infancy (MMPSI)
• OPHN1 Syndrome
• Primary Cardiac Sarcoma
• Primary Intracranial Malignant Melanoma
• Uveal Melanoma – with Metastases
• Warburg Micro Syndrome

See the full list of eligible conditions on the Compassionate Allowances List here.