If you become disabled through injury, sickness, or other circumstances and have not been able to work for a year (long term disability), then you may be eligible for social security disability insurance (SSDI) benefits. If your application is approved, you can collect the social security disablity insurance benefit until age 65 when is the time the benefit is transfered to the pension program.
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Many people are frustrated because applying for Social Security Disability can take so long. In an effort to streamline the process there has been an effort to identify certain types of rare cancers and other conditions that would allow a finding of "immediate disability" approval.
In this ongoing effort the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced in February 2010, that the agency is adding 38 more conditions to its list of Compassionate Allowances conditions. There are now 88 conditions that have been included as part of the Compassionate Allowances Initiative. This list will be expanded for people with a confirmed diagnosis of an additional 38 diseases and medical conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, Tay-Sachs disease and mixed dementia. Claims involving these conditions will be approved automatically.
"The addition of these new conditions expands the scope of Compassionate Allowances to a broader subgroup of conditions like early-onset Alzheimer's disease," Commissioner Astrue of SSA said.
The immediate allowance of these new conditions is a long overdue amendment of SSA procedure. Before, even if you had one of these conditions, you would have to follow the same path as people with an ordinary back problem or ordinary heart ailment. That path could be long and tortuous. It could involve an inital consideration by SSA, a reconsideration by SSA, and finally a hearing before a Social Security Judge. The problem is nationwide it can take more than 18 months on average to obtain a hearing before a Judge. Now with the new list, there should be an immediate allowance for these 88 conditions at the initial consideration which should only take 90 days
In summary, SSA has now recognized certain serious conditions should result in immediate disability approval. Rather than waiting over 18 months, people with these conditions can expect approval in just a matter of weeks.
The complete list of compassionate allowances can be found at this link: http://www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances/
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In this ongoing effort the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced in February 2010, that the agency is adding 38 more conditions to its list of Compassionate Allowances conditions. There are now 88 conditions that have been included as part of the Compassionate Allowances Initiative. This list will be expanded for people with a confirmed diagnosis of an additional 38 diseases and medical conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, Tay-Sachs disease and mixed dementia. Claims involving these conditions will be approved automatically.
"The addition of these new conditions expands the scope of Compassionate Allowances to a broader subgroup of conditions like early-onset Alzheimer's disease," Commissioner Astrue of SSA said.
The immediate allowance of these new conditions is a long overdue amendment of SSA procedure. Before, even if you had one of these conditions, you would have to follow the same path as people with an ordinary back problem or ordinary heart ailment. That path could be long and tortuous. It could involve an inital consideration by SSA, a reconsideration by SSA, and finally a hearing before a Social Security Judge. The problem is nationwide it can take more than 18 months on average to obtain a hearing before a Judge. Now with the new list, there should be an immediate allowance for these 88 conditions at the initial consideration which should only take 90 days
In summary, SSA has now recognized certain serious conditions should result in immediate disability approval. Rather than waiting over 18 months, people with these conditions can expect approval in just a matter of weeks.
The complete list of compassionate allowances can be found at this link: http://www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances/
This may be considered AN ADVERTISEMENT or Advertising Material under the Rules of Professional Conduct governing lawyers in Virginia. This note is designed for general information only. The information presented in this note should not be construed to be formal legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship.
Jerry Lutkenhaus is a practitioner of Social Security Disability law in the Richmond, Virginia area for over 30 years. He was given an "AV" rating by Martindale Hubbell in 2003. Lexis Nexis listed him in the 2005 Bar Register of Preeminent Attorneys. For more information, see http://www.geraldlutkenhaus.com and http://www.virginiadisabilitylawyer.com You can call Jerry Lutkenhaus now at 804-358-4766 for a free consultation about your disability case.
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