The Social Security Administration (SSA) has made a significant announcement by including 13 new conditions on its Compassionate Allowances (CAL) list.
This measure, which increases the total number of conditions on the list to 300, is primarily intended to significantly accelerate the approval process for disability benefits for those suffering from serious and specific illnesses.
This decision is extremely important to thousands of people facing life-threatening medical conditions because it seeks to eliminate the bureaucracy and long wait times that frequently accompany disability applications.
By including these 13 new diseases, the SSA acknowledges the importance of responding quickly and compassionately.
Why were new conditions included in the Social Security benefits?
The CAL initiative was created to expedite claims for applicants with diagnoses that clearly meet Social Security’s legal standard for disability. The goal is to broaden medical conditions and thus provide even more widespread and relevant assistance to beneficiaries.
What are the 13 new Social Security conditions?
Au-Kline syndrome
Bilateral anophthalmia
Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome
Harlequin ichthyosis (infant)
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
LMNA-related congenital muscular dystrophy
Progressive muscular atrophy
Pulmonary amyloidosis AL type
Rasmussen’s encephalitis
Thymic carcinoma
Turnpenny-Fry syndrome
WHO grade III meningiomas
Zhu-Tokita-Takenouchi-Kim syndrome
When are the next Social Security payments?
Payments are sent out according to the beneficiaries’ date of birth. They arrive every Wednesday of each month starting from the second week.
If your birthday is between the 1st and the 10th of the month, you get paid on the second Wednesday.
If it is between the 11th and the 20th, you get paid on the third Wednesday.
If it is between the 21st and the 31st, you get paid on the fourth Wednesday.
