Disability Medical Conditions: Krabbe Disease
Infantile Krabbe Disease is a disorder that affects the central and peripheral nervous systems. It is currently incurable. Krabbe Disease makes a body’s myelin sheath, which insulates nerve fibers, unable to grow or develop. This causes mental and motor skills to be degenerated, according to the National Institute of Health. severe degeneration of mental and motor skills. Symptoms for the disease usually appear before a child turns a year old and is fatal before the child reaches two years of age. While Krabbe Disease is inherited, it is relatively rare. The institute states that Krabbe Disease affects 1 in 100,0000 children born in the United States.
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.