Compassionate Allowances
Social Security Disability, while an important benefit, is also notoriously difficult to obtain. The process of getting approved for disability can take months and is often frustrating to those suffering from true medical conditions that make working impossible. However, some medical conditions are considered to be so severe that even the government recognizes that quicker action must be taken – and for people who have certain rare diseases, cancers, and other ailments so obviously debilitating, an alternative to the traditional Social Security Disability application process exists.
The Social Security Disability lawyers of Terry, Terry, & Stapleton have the experience and knowledge to help you with your Social Security Disability claim. We represent clients throughout Tennessee, including Rogersville, Newport, Morristown, Knoxville, Kingsport, Johnson City, Jefferson City and Greeneville.
Call our Social Security Disability attorneys today at 877-489-5411 or contact us online for help with your disability case. When you become our client, you’ll be represented by a team of personal injury attorneys with over 48 years of hands-on experience.
88 Rare Diseases Recognized
The Social Security Disability Administration has a program called Compassionate Allowances (CAL). Compassionate allowances allow Social Security offices to quickly identify the most disabled individuals who have such severe medical conditions that only minimal objective medical information is needed to establish their existence.
Unlike the traditional process, Compassionate Allowances allow qualifying individuals to “fast track” through the application, and people who meet the criteria can be approved much more quickly in recognition of the severity of their ailments.
In order to qualify for Compassionate Allowances, you must have one of the 88 rare diseases or cancers on the current CAL list:
1. Acute Leukemia; 2. Adrenal Cancer; 3. Alexander Disease (ALX); 4. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); 5. Anaplastic Adrenal Cancer; 6. Astrocytoma; 7. Bladder Cancer; 8. Bone Cancer; 9. Breast Cancer; 10. Canavan Disease (CD); 11. Cerebro Oculo Facio Skeletal (COFS) Syndrome; 12. Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML); 13. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); 14. Ependymoblastoma (Child Brain Tumor); 15. Esophageal Cancer; 16. Farber’s Disease (FD); 17. Friedreichs Ataxia (FRDA); 18. Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Picks Disease – Type A – Adult; 19. Gallbladder Cancer; 20. Gaucher Disease (GD) – Type 2; 21. Glioblastoma Multiforme (Brain Tumor); 22. Head and Neck Cancers; 23. Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (INAD); 24. Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC); 25. Kidney Cancer; 26. Krabbe Disease (KD); 27. Large Intestine Cancer; 28. Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome (LNS); 29. Liver Cancer; 30. Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL); 31. Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD); 32. Niemann-Pick Disease (NPD) – Type A; 33. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer; 34. Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency; 35. Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) – Type II; 36. Ovarian Cancer; 37. Pancreatic Cancer; 38. Peritoneal Mesothelioma; 39. Pleural Mesothelioma; 40. Pompe Disease – Infantile; 41. Rett (RTT) Syndrome; 42. Salivary Tumors; 43. Sandhoff Disease; 44. Small Cell Cancer (of the Large Intestine, Ovary, Prostate, or Uterus); 45. Small Cell Lung Cancer; 46. Small Intestine Cancer; 47. Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) – Types 0 And 1; 48. Stomach Cancer; 49. Thyroid Cancer; 50. Ureter Cancer; 51. Alstrom Syndrome; 52. Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia; 53. Ataxia Spinocerebellar; 54. Ataxia Telangiectasia; 55. Batten Disease; 56. Bilateral Retinoblastoma; 57. Cri du Chat Syndrome; 58. Degos Disease; 59. Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease; 60. Edwards Syndrome; 61. Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva; 62. Fukuyama Congenital Muscular Dystrophy; 63. Glutaric Acidemia Type II; 64. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), Familial Type; 65. Hurler Syndrome, Type IH; 66. Hunter Syndrome, Type II; 67. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; 68. Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa, Lethal Type; 69. Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses; 70. Leigh’s Disease; 71. Maple Syrup Urine Disease; 72. Merosin Deficient Congenital Muscular Dystrophy; 73. Mixed Dementia; 74. Mucosal Malignant Melanoma; 75. Neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy; 76. Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses, Infantile Type; 77. Niemann-Pick Type C; 78. Patau Syndrome; 79. Primary Progressive Aphasia; 80. Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy; 81. Sanfilippo Syndrome; 82. Subacute Sclerosis Panencephalitis; 83. Tay Sachs Disease; 84. Thanatophoric Dysplasia, Type 1; 85. Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy; 86. Walker Warburg Syndrome; 87. Wolman Disease; 88. Zellweger Syndrome.
If you have one of the diseases listed on the Compassionate Allowances impairment list, you do need to complete the Social Security Disability application, and you should let your claims processor know that you have one of the conditions on the Compassionate Allowances list. Not all employees of the SSA are familiar with the list, and you want to be sure your condition is flagged for review by those who do understand the program.
Contact Our TN Social Security Disability Lawyers
If you need assistance with a Social Security Disability claim, the Morristown, Tennessee Disability attorneys at Terry, Terry & Stapleton are ready to help. Our Social Security Disability lawyers know what documents to file, we know how to file – and we know the right steps to get claims approved. Protect your right to a swift and fair hearing and get the benefits you have worked for – contact us online or by calling 877-489-5411.
