Long Beach Social Security Disability Lawyers: Compassionate Allowance Faster Approval

If you suffer from one of 223 severely disabling conditions, you may be eligible to have your Social Security Disability Claim “expedited” (processed faster). In 2008 The Social Security Administration implemented the “Compassionate Allowance Program” to help disabled individuals who need it most, get their disability benefits the fastest. Compassionate Allowances (CAL) apply to both Social Security Disability, as well as SSI claims.

How Do I Get Faster Social Security Disability Approval with a Compassionate Allowance?

There is not a specific form or different application for a Compassionate Allowance. The Social Security Administration automatically reviews each disability applications to see if it qualifies for faster processing because of the Compassionate Allowance Program. However, if you are filing a paper application (not online), we believe it can sometimes help to note on the top of your application “Compassionate Allowance Claim”.

Compassionate Allowance cases are selected for fast processing based solely on the application of the disability claimant. If the allegations in the application indicate that the claim will be able to be approved with a minimum of objective documentation, the case is put on a fast track for a decision. Proof of one of the 223 disabling conditions on the list is typically enough for the Social Security Administration to “assume” disability – and “fast track” the application through the Compassionate Allowance.

Remember, you still must provide sufficient medical documentation to prove that you have one of the 233 qualifying CAL conditions. It is not enough just to state that you have the condition, you must submit supporting medical and diagnostic records from your ophysicians and health care providers.

If your application contains this proof, then your case will automatically be flagged by the Social Security Examiners, and will typically your case will be processed in 3 weeks- rather than the typical 3 to 6 months.

Conditions that Qualify for Social Security Compassionate Allowance Fast Track

Below, our lawyers have listed the updated (2018) list of The Social Security Administration’s current 223 severely disabling conditions that qualify an applicant for the Compassionate Allowance Program.

In addition to the Compassionate Allowance, there are other ways to expedite (speed up) your Social Security Disability Claim. Typically the fastest way to obtain Social Security Disability Benefits – whether with or without a CAL – is to have an experienced Social Security Disability lawyer handle your case from start to finish.

Remember – even with a Compassionate Allowance – everything depends upon “proving” your medical conditon, as well as submitting the right paperwork and documentaion.

Long Beach Social Security Lawyers

If you think you are disabled and would like to obtain your Social Security Disability benefits as rapidly as possible, call our experienced Liong Beach Social Security Disability lawyers. A lawyer who specializes in Social Security Disability can ensure that all of the necessary forms, records and documentation are submitted properly in a timely manner – giving you the best chances of having your disability claim approved without delay.

Free Consultation with a Long Beach Social Security Disability Lawyer:
562-622-4800

Qualifying Conditions for
Social Security Compassionate Allowance

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Acute Leukemia

Adrenal Cancer – with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent

Adult Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Adult Onset Huntington Disease

Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome

Alexander Disease (ALX) – Neonatal and Infantile

Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome

Alobar Holoprosencephaly

Alpers Disease

Alpha Mannosidosis – Type II and III

ALS/Parkinsonism Dementia Complex

Alstrom Syndrome

Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma

Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Anaplastic Adrenal Cancer – Adult with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent

Angelman Syndrome

Angiosarcoma

Aortic Atresia

Aplastic Anemia

Astrocytoma – Grade III and IV

Ataxia Telangiectasia

Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor

Batten Disease

Beta Thalassemia Major

Bilateral Optic Atrophy- Infantile

Bilateral Retinoblastoma

Bladder Cancer – with distant metastases or inoperable or unresectable

Breast Cancer – with distant metastases or inoperable or unresectable

Canavan Disease (CD)

CACH–Vanishing White Matter Disease-Infantile and Childhood Onset Forms (Effective 9/16/2017)

Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site

Cardiac Amyloidosis- AL Type

Caudal Regression Syndrome – Types III and IV

Cerebro Oculo Facio Skeletal (COFS) Syndrome

Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis

Child Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

Child Lymphoma

Child Neuroblastoma – with distant metastases or recurrent

Chondrosarcoma – with multimodal therapy

Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) – Blast Phase

Coffin-Lowry Syndrome

Congenital Lymphedema

Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy (Effective 9/16/2017)

Cornelia de Lange Syndrome – Classic Form

Corticobasal Degeneration

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) – Adult

Cri du Chat Syndrome

Degos Disease – Systemic

DeSanctis Cacchione Syndrome

Dravet Syndrome

Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

Edwards Syndrome (Trisomy 18)

Eisenmenger Syndrome

Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma

Endomyocardial Fibrosis

Ependymoblastoma (Child Brain Cancer)

Erdheim Chester Disease

Esophageal Cancer

Esthesioneuroblastoma

Ewing Sarcoma

Farber Disease (FD) – Infantile

Fatal Familial Insomnia

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

Follicular Dendritic Cell Sarcoma – metastatic or recurrent

Friedreichs Ataxia (FRDA)

Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Picks Disease -Type A – Adult

Fryns Syndrome

Fucosidosis – Type 1

Fukuyama Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

Fulminant Giant Cell Myocarditis

Galactosialidosis – Early and Late Infantile Types

Gallbladder Cancer

Gaucher Disease (GD) – Type 2

Giant Axonal Neuropathy

Glioblastoma Multiforme (Brain Cancer)

Glioma Grade III and IV

Glutaric Acidemia – Type II

Head and Neck Cancers – with distant metastasis or inoperable or unresectable

Heart Transplant Graft Failure

Heart Transplant Wait List – 1A/1B

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) – Familial Type

Hepatoblastoma

Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

Hepatorenal Syndrome

Histiocytosis Syndromes

Hoyeaal-Hreidarsson Syndrome

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome

Hydranencephaly

Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis Syndrome

Hypophosphatasia Perinatal (Lethal) and Infantile Onset Types

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

I Cell Disease

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Infantile Free Sialic Acid Storage Disease

Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (INAD)

Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses

Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC)

Intracranial Hemangiopericytoma

Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome

Joubert Syndrome

Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa – Lethal Type

Juvenile Onset Huntington Disease

Kidney Cancer – inoperable or unresectable

Kleefstra Syndrome (Effective 9/16/2017)

Krabbe Disease (KD) – Infantile

Kufs Disease – Type A and B

Large Intestine Cancer – with distant metastasis or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent>

Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses

Leigh’s Disease

Leiomyosarcoma

Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis

Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome (LNS)

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Lewy Body Dementia

Liposarcoma – metastatic or recurrent

Lissencephaly

Liver Cancer

Lowe Syndrome

Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis – Grade III

Malignant Brain Stem Gliomas – Childhood

Malignant Ectomesenchymoma

Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Malignant Germ Cell Tumor

Malignant Multiple Sclerosis

Malignant Renal Rhabdoid Tumor

Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL)

Maple Syrup Urine Disease

Marshall-Smith Syndrome

Mastocytosis – Type IV

MECP2 Duplication Syndrome

Medulloblastoma – with metastases

Menkes Disease – Classic or Infantile Onset Form

Merkel Cell Carcinoma – with metastases

Merosin Deficient Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) – Late Infantile

Mitral Valve Atresia

Mixed Dementias

MPS I, formerly known as Hurler Syndrome

MPS II, formerly known as Hunter Syndrome

MPS III, formerly known as Sanfilippo Syndrome

Mucosal Malignant Melanoma

Multicentric Castleman Disease

Multiple System Atrophy

Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers Syndrome

Neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy

Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation – Types 1 and 2

NFU-1 Mitochondrial Disease

Niemann-Pick Disease (NPD) – Type A

Niemann-Pick Disease-Type C

Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Obliterative Bronchiolitis

Ohtahara Syndrome

Oligodendroglioma Brain Cancer- Grade III

Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency

Orthochromatic Leukodystrophy with Pigmented Glia

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) – Type II

Osteosarcoma, formerly known as Bone Cancer – with distant metastases or inoperable or unresectable

Ovarian Cancer – with distant metastases or inoperable or unresectable

Pallister-Killian Syndrome

Pancreatic Cancer

Paraneoplastic Pemphigus

Patau Syndrome (Trisomy 13)

Pearson Syndrome

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease-Classic Form

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease-Connatal Form

Peripheral Nerve Cancer – metastatic or recurrent

Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Peritoneal Mucinous Carcinomatosis

Perry Syndrome

Phelan-McDermid Syndrome

Pleural Mesothelioma

Pompe Disease – Infantile

Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Primary Effusion Lymphoma

Primary Progressive Aphasia

Progressive Bulbar Palsy

Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Prostate Cancer – Hormone Refractory Disease – or with visceral metastases

Pulmonary Atresia

Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma

Retinopathy of Prematurity – Stage V

Rett (RTT) Syndrome

Revesz Syndrome

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Rhizomelic Chondrodysplasia Punctata

Roberts Syndrome

Salivary Cancers

Sandhoff Disease

Schindler Disease – Type 1

Seckel Syndrome

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency – Childhood

Single Ventricle

Sinonasal Cancer

Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome

Skin Malignant Melanoma with Metastases

Small Cell Cancer (Large Intestine, Prostate or Thymus)

Small Cell Cancer of the Female Genital Tract

Small Cell Lung Cancer

Small Intestine Cancer – with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent

Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome

Soft Tissue Sarcoma – with distant metastases or recurrent

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) – Types 0 and 1

Spinal Nerve Root Cancer-metastatic or recurrent

Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Stiff Person Syndrome

Stomach Cancer – with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

Tabes Dorsalis

Tay Sachs Disease – Infantile Type

Thanatophoric Dysplasia – Type 1

Thyroid Cancer

Transplant Coronary Artery Vasculopathy

Tricuspid Atresia

Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

Ureter Cancer – with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent

Usher Syndrome – Type I

Ventricular Assist Device Recipient – Left, Right, or Biventricular

Walker Warburg Syndrome

Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome

Wolman Disease

X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disease

X-Linked Myotubular Myopathy

Xeroderma Pigmentosum

Zellweger Syndrome

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