Social Security and Compassionate Allowances
Social Security has Fast Track Disability Process for certain health conditions
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.
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 held 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.
Learn more about Compassionate Allowances on the Social Security Administration website:
More about Compassionate Allowances
https://www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances/
List of Compassionate Allowances
https://www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances/conditions.htm