Social Security recently made the decision to expand the Compassionate Allowances list. This program helps identify applicants whose condition/disease meets the program’s “statutory standard for disability.”
Conditions added to the expanded list include:
- Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma
- Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm
- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease
- Mowat-Wilson Syndrome
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Excess Blasts
- NUT Carcinoma
- Pfeiffer Syndrome – Types II and III
- Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia
- Posterior Cortical Atrophy
- Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma
For more information on the expansion, check out the press release here.
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