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More news about the Compassionate Allowance program

Dec 30th, 2008
by Tomasz Stasiuk.

Soothing Hands

My earlier article suggested that the Compassionate Allowance program would be administered by your state’s Disability Determination Services (DDS) office.  

However, new information shows that the Compassionate Allowance program can be used at any stage of the administrative process. That would be any stage before the case goes to Federal Court, including the application, appeal, hearing, even at the Appeals Council. 

If a claimant is diagnosed with any of the 50 currently eligible conditions, ask to have the case flagged for fast-track processing under the Compassionate Allowance program. 

Have you tried the Compassionate Allowance program?  Leave a comment and tell us how it worked out.

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  • GK HARROVER
    CAN YOU PLEASE KEEP A SHORT PARAGRAPH ONSITE , AS SIDEBAR PERHAPS, RE DEFINING WHAT COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCE PRGRM IS............AND ELEIGIBILITY REQUIRIEMENTS?
  • For more information about the Compassionate Allowance program, just click the two links in the article (copied below). The first one goes to the original article discussing Compassionate Allowances and what they are. The second link goes to the SSA site on Compassionate Allowances.

    http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/10/so...

    http://ssa.gov/pressoffice/pr/compassionate-all...

    These links should answer your question on what Compassionate Allowances are and the eligibility requirements. If not, post a comment with what you would like to know.
  • debgehart
    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.
  • Can you provide a link to the published information you mention?
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