Compassionate Allowances Act (faster payment for SSDI)

trottingalong

I’ve noticed some people believe they have to wait the two year period to received SSDI for Alzheimer’s. This is not true. If you are denied, please contact social security and make sure you are being reviewed under compassionate allowances. Read below.

Thankfully, since 2010 Social Security has helped by adding Alzheimer’s disease to its Compassionate Allowances Initiative. The initiative identifies debilitating diseases and medical conditions so severe they obviously meet Social Security’s disability standards. Compassionate Allowances allow for faster payment of Social Security benefits to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, mixed-dementia and Primary Progressive Aphasia.

Quilting brings calm

keep applying if you are denied. My sister had a physical disability and was denied. She reapplied. Was accepted and got back pay to the date she first applied. In her case, she also got immediate Medicare. I don’t remember if that’s because her back pay was for more than two years or if she immediately qualified for Medicare for some reason

Carl46

The two-year requirement is for Medicare, not for SSDI. SSDI has a 5-month waiting period. If a person becomes disabled today, 2/13/25, the waiting period is March - July 2025 and the month of entitlement to SSDI is August 2025. The month of entitlement to Medicare is August 2027 or, if sooner, the month of attainment of age 65.