More news about the Compassionate Allowance program

CAN YOU PLEASE KEEP A SHORT PARAGRAPH ONSITE , AS SIDEBAR PERHAPS, RE DEFINING WHAT COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCE PRGRM IS…………AND ELEIGIBILITY REQUIRIEMENTS?

Published Information says the Compassionate Allowance procedure should take days not months. It also says the examiner should call doctors not wait for reports by mail. It also says a Regional Management Officer (RMO) should be assigned to each case and monitor it to make sure the CAL procedures are being followed.
My Compassionate Allowance case has been 3 months with no decision in site. When I call the examiner she does not know anything about the items I listed above. Who can we contact to make sure the CAL process is even being used.

Published Information says the Compassionate Allowance procedure should take days not months. It also says the examiner should call doctors not wait for reports by mail. It also says a Regional Management Officer (RMO) should be assigned to each case and monitor it to make sure the CAL procedures are being followed.
My Compassionate Allowance case has been 3 months with no decision in site. When I call the examiner she does not know anything about the items I listed above. Who can we contact to make sure the CAL process is even being used.

A. Definition of a QDD case
A QDD case is an initial Electronic Disability Collect System (EDCS) case identified electronically by a Predictive Model (PM) as having a high degree of probability that:

the claimant is disabled;

evidence of the claimant’s allegations is expected to be easily and quickly verified; and

the case can be processed quickly by the disability determination services (DDS).

B. Process of QDD
The QDD process goes beyond Terminal Illness (TERI) and Presumptive Disability/Blindness (PD/PB) criteria to identify applicants with clearly disabling conditions whose medical evidence is readily available. With such applicants, a fully-favorable determination should be made quickly after receipt in the DDS (recommended timeframe is 20 days or less). A predictive model (PM) is used to identify QDD cases. A unique threshold selection, using scoring criteria, is set by the PM for each DDS which means that similar cases may or may not be identified as QDD cases depending on the DDS processing the case.

QDD cases are:

Identified electronically at clearance from the FO by EDCS and upon receipt by the DDS's automated case processing system;

Assigned to designated disability examiners who have the knowledge, training, and experience to effectively carry out the QDD process;

Processed as expedited cases; and

Able to be designated simultaneously as a TERI, PD/PB and/or a Compassionate Allowance (CAL) claim to ensure continued priority handling if the case is removed from the QDD process.

Like TERI and PD/PB cases; full non-medical development must be initiated in the FO for a QDD case.

pdxpj says: I found this before looking at your site. Is this what dgbehart is talking about? I need this 20 day process too, for my breadwinner husband who has an end stage, rapidly progressing cancer. Wish you were in Portland, OR…..I could use your help!

I know this article is old but I’m hoping it’s still being watched by author. I have recently applied on my husband’s behalf for benefits and due to his condition, Glioblastoma this case should be a CAL case and fast-tracked. We applied online and went into our local office with ALL the pertinent info from the hospital on his brain surgery and pathology reports. When I told the clerk it would be a CAL case she looked at me and said, “Do you work for the department? How do you know that?” I told her I read about it online on SS website, and his condition is listed as one of them. She seemed stunned, it was kind of humorous. Three weeks old now, and no calls for an appointment or any decision so far….

I had never heard of this before. Don’t stop posting.

James