The Important change benefits SSDI applicants who have these diseases because it speeds up decisions for Americans with severe disabilities. In fact, the new measures were announced by Martin O’Malley, the Commissioner of Social Security.
Reception SSDI payments valued at $1,537 On average, as soon as possible is crucial. Medical expenses and other things patients may need to adjust their lives to their new situation can be costly. Not to mention the fact that they will still have to pay the mortgage, bills, and groceries, among other things.
How many conditions and changes have been added to the list of special benefits for SSDI?
The US Social Security Commissioner claimed that two revisions to the existing terms of Compassionate Allowances and nine new conditions for compassionate allowances is included.
- Bainbridge-Ropers syndrome,
- Costello syndrome,
- Waiting list for adult heart transplants – status levels 1-4,
- Waiting list for heart transplants in children – status levels 1A/1B (revised existing status),
- Histiocytic malignancies, histiocytosis syndromes (revised existing condition),
- Neonatal Marfan syndrome,
- PACS1 syndrome, plasmablastic lymphoma,
- renal medulla carcinoma,
- Snijders-Blok-Campeau syndrome.
What does this mean for SSDI applicants?
In this way, the Compassionate Allowances program will identify such claims much more quickly. if you apply for SSDI and have one of these illnesses or medical conditions, it will clearly meet the strict definition of disability set by the Social Security Administration to be part of the Compassionate Allowances program.
Keep in mind that these conditions or diseases are very serious. Therefore, these claims are often accepted or admitted based on medical confirmation of diagnosis So far, more than one million Americans have benefited from this accelerated process.
As a result of these changes, the Social Security Administration claims there are 287 conditions in the Compassionate Allowances program. If you have any of these conditions, it’s time to apply SSDI and even SSI if you have a low income or have not earned enough work credits.
Visit this website to learn more: https://www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances/conditions.htm
