In August 2024, seven new conditions and two revisions were added to the existing list of Compassionate Allowances, a list of disabilities that can help expedite a Social Security disability claim.

The Compassionate Allowances list has the following new entries:

• Bainbridge-Ropers Syndrome
• Costello Syndrome
• Adult Heart Transplant Wait List – Status Levels 1-4
• Histiocytic Malignancies
• Neonatal Marfan Syndrome
• PACS1 Syndrome
• Plasmablastic Lymphoma
• Renal Medullary Carcinoma
• Snijders Blok-Campeau Syndrome

Two existing conditions on the Compassionate Allowances list have been updated:

• Child Heart Transplant Wait List – Status Levels 1A/1B
• Histiocytosis Syndromes

What is Compassionate Allowances?

The Compassionate Allowances program allows quick determination of disability level and, in many cases, may allow the disability claim to go forward only based on medical confirmation of the disability. The evaluation for Compassionate Allowances is the same for both Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income.

To date, there are 287 medical conditions listed under the Compassionate Allowances program.

Typically, Social Security disability claims have more than one level of evaluation before your claim is approved or denied. Firstly, your disability has to be diagnosed or confirmed. After that, your ability to work is determined based on your work history, whether you are able to perform those duties, and if you are able to transition to any other type of work despite your disability (fairly recently, certain obsolete jobs were removed from the List of Occupations used to determine what line of work you could theoretically perform).

However, the disabilities listed on the Compassionate Allowances are typically very severe. Because of their severity, it can be quickly assumed that someone with such a disability would be unable to work and therefore eligible for a Social Security disability claim.

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If you have further questions about how this update to the Compassionate Allowances program affects your eligibility for Social Security disability benefits, call us for a free consultation at 833-MY-DISABILITY (833-693-4722).