The Social Security Administration has added nine new health conditions under its Compassionate Allowances designation. This means that people with these conditions will now have faster access to Social Security disability benefits than through the usual process.
Many conditions on the program’s list are rare diseases, although some are more common.
The additions announced on Aug. 12 by Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley are:
- Bainbridge-Ropers Syndrome. This rare genetic disorder affects one’s ability to learn and grow.
- Costello Syndrome. This is a rare genetic disorder that affects many parts of the body, causing developmental delays, heart problems, and short stature.
- Adult Heart Transplant Wait List – Status Levels 1-4.
- Histiocytic Malignancies. This occurs when too many histiocytes—a type of white blood cell—build up in certain tissues and organs, causing damage to tissue or tumors to form in one or more parts of the body.
- Neonatal Marfan Syndrome. In Marfan syndrome, the body’s connective tissue, including the major blood vessels and the heart valves, are abnormal. Newborn babies with this condition usually suffer a severe, rapidly progressive cardiovascular disease.
- PACS1 Syndrome. Affected individuals have intellectual disability, speech, and language problems, and a distinct facial appearance.
- Plasmablastic Lymphoma. This type of blood cancer is developed in people who have immune system problems, such as HIV infections.
- Renal Medullary Carcinoma. This type of rare cancer grows in kidneys and predominantly affects young men of African descent.
- Snijders Blok-Campeau Syndrome. The condition is characterized by intellectual disability, speech problems, and distinctive facial features.
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