SSA's compassionate allowance program adds more medical conditions to the list.  Compassionate allowance grants quicker favorable decisions for individuals at application that have medical conditions on the compassionate allowance list.  It is important to check this list if you are applying for ssdi or ssi.  When Social Security sees one of the medical conditions on the list on an application the file is put into compassionate allowance decision making process which fast tracks these cases.  The below list is just the conditions that were just added and does not include full list of medical conditions on the compassionate allowance list.  For a full list see SSA Compassionate Allowance page.

New Compassionate Allowances Conditions:

1.Adult Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
2. Adult Onset Huntington Disease
3.Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome
4. Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma
5. Aplastic Anemia
6. Beta Thalassemia Major
7. Bilateral Optic Atrophy- Infantile
8. Caudal Regression Syndrome –
Types III and IV
9. Child T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
10. Congenital Lymphedema
11.DeSanctis Cacchione Syndrome
12. Dravet Syndrome
13. Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma
14. Erdheim Chester Disease
15. Fatal Familial Insomnia
16. Fryns Syndrome
17. Fulminant Giant Cell Myocrditis
 
18. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
19. Hepatorenal Syndrome
20. Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome
21. Leiomyosarcoma
22. Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
23. Malignant Germ Cell Tumor
24. MECP 2 Duplication Syndrome
25. Menkes Disease - Classic or Infantile Onset Form
26. NFU-1 Mitochondrial Disease
27. Non-Ketotic Hyperglycinemia
28. Peritoneal Mucinous Carcinomatosis
29. Phelan- McDermid Syndrome
30. Retinopathy of Prematurity - Stage V
31. Roberts Syndrome
32.Severe Combined Immunodeficiency - Childhood
33. Sinonasal Cancer
34. Transplant Coronary Artery Vasculopathy
35. Usher Syndrome - Type I