Comments on: More news about the Compassionate Allowance program

By: TomaszStasiuk

TomaszStasiuk — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:20:06 +0000

Can you provide a link to the published information you mention?

By: debgehart

debgehart — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:53:56 +0000

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.

By: TomaszStasiuk

TomaszStasiuk — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:55:43 +0000

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.

By: GK HARROVER

GK HARROVER — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:34:31 +0000

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