Disability Medical Condition: Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease is a disorder that causes individuals younger than 65 to start showing the symptoms of the condition. While most of these people are from 50 to 60 years of age, there have been cases of patients being as young as 30 to 40. Because people with the disorder are younger, they could have issues with their relationships or even have difficulties at jobs instead of being diagnosed as mentally ill, according to the Mayo Clinic. Because of having dementia, these individuals usually have to leave their jobs and then have no income. The condition is inheirited. At least 200,000 people currently have early-onset Alzheimer’s in the United States. The condition is uncommon, accounting for only five to ten percent of all Alzheimer’s cases.
The disease is listed as one of the medical conditions in the Compassionate Allowances Program. The program expedites the application process so that individuals with severe medical conditions can apply for disability benefits quickly.
Under the Compassionate Allowances program, those suffering from certain medical conditions and impairments will have their application processed quickly through the “fast track” program which helps administrators rapidly identify and process medical conditions on the program’s list of medical impairments.