Additional Medical Conditions Eligible for Social Security Income
The Social Security Administration has recently made some changes to the disability program in order to help those who are extremely ill receive their benefits more quickly. It has updated the Compassionate Allowances Program and has added 38 new medical conditions. It allows those suffering from certain types of conditions to apply and get their benefits without having to go through a lengthy application process. These additional 38 medical conditions added to the Compassionate Allowances Program as of March 1, 2010 include:
1 Alstrom Syndrome
2 Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia
3 Ataxia Spinocerebellar
4 Ataxia Telangiectasia
5 Batten Disease
6 Bilateral Retinoblastoma
7 Cri du Chat Syndrome
8 Degos Disease
9 Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
10 Edwards Syndrome
11 Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
12 Fukuyama Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
13 Glutaric Acidemia Type II
14 Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), Familial Type
15 Hurler Syndrome, Type IH
16 Hunter Syndrome, Type II
17 Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
18 Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa, Lethal Type
19 Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses
20 Leigh’s Disease
21 Maple Syrup Urine Disease
22 Merosin Deficient Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
23 Mixed Dementia
24 Mucosal Malignant Melanoma
25 Neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy
26 Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses, Infantile Type
27 Niemann-Pick Type C
28 Patau Syndrome
29 Primary Progressive Aphasia
30 Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
31 Sanfilippo Syndrome
32 Subacute Sclerosis Panencephalitis
33 Tay Sachs Disease
34 Thanatophoric Dysplasia, Type 1
35 Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
36 Walker Warburg Syndrome
37 Wolman Disease
38 Zellweger Syndrome