also see for info on how to speed up Social Security Disability claims for seriously ILL
list of conditions
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/compassionateallowances/conditions.htm
https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0423022000!opendocument
http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/pr/compassionate-allowances-1108-pr.htm Below
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Mark Lassiter, Press Officer
For Immediate Release 410-965-8904, press.office@ssa.gov
News Release
SOCIAL SECURITY
SSA Press Office 440 Altmeyer Building 6401 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21235 410-965-8904 FAX 410-966-9973
Social Security Holds Third Disability Hearing
on Compassionate Allowances
Experts Provide Testimony on Traumatic Brain Injuries and Stroke
The Social Security Administration, in conjunction with the United States Department of
Defense, held a public hearing on Compassionate Allowances today at Ft. Myer in Arlington,
VA. Senior executives from the Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health
joined Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, to hear testimony from some of the
nation’s leading experts on traumatic brain injury, the signature injury of the conflicts in Iraq and
Afghanistan, and stroke.
“Compassionate Allowances, which we launched last month with an initial list of 50 conditions,
allows us to make disability decisions on certain categories of cases in a matter of days, rather
than months or years,” said Commissioner Astrue. “Today’s hearing gives us additional insight
into how we might better recognize and fast-track the disability applications of veterans and
others dealing with the effects of traumatic brain injuries and strokes.”
Compassionate Allowances are a way of quickly identifying diseases and other medical
conditions that invariably qualify under Social Security’s disability standards based on minimal
objective medical information. Today’s hearing is the third of four public hearings Social
Security plans to hold. Previous hearings dealt with cancers and rare diseases and resulted in the
nationwide launch of the Compassionate Allowances initiative in October 2008. See the press
release at: www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/pr/compassionate-allowances-1008-pr.htm
Please go to www.socialsecurity.gov/compassionateallowances for more information.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Social Security Holds Third Disability Hearing on Compassionate Allowances
