Beginning this month the SSA will add 13 additional new conditions to its list of compassionate allowances. When a claimant for disability benefits alleges one of the conditions listed on the compassionate allowance list the claimant will begin receiving benefits while the claim is being processed through the agency. This could save the claimant months of waiting for benefits to begin. Unfortunately, many attorneys and representatives are not aware of this list and often allow a claim of benefits under this provision of SSA policy to go unused. The 13 new additional conditions are:
Malignant Multiple Sclerosis
Paraneoplastic Pemphigus
Multicentric Castleman Disease
Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Primary Effusion Lymphoma
Angelman Syndrome
Lewy Body Dementia
Lowe Syndrome
Corticobasal Degenreration
Multiple System Atrophy
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
ALS/Parkinsonism Dementia Complex
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