The Social Security Administration has added 13 new conditions to its Compassionate Allowances list.  The purpose of the list is for the SSA to fast-track applications for those with more serious medical conditions which clearly affect their ability to work.  The expedited process is worth noting as those who apply must normally wait months for their benefit applications to be approved.

Jack Myers from the SSA says the Compassionate Allowances list, including the new additions, is available on their website, www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances. 

Myers says the Compassionate Allowances system saves time for those eligible.  In other cases, wait times for receiving approval for benefits can be around seven months, and that amount of time is down from previous averages. 

It is possible to receive both Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), but there are fine parameters for that to happen. 

What happens if someone receiving SSDI wants to return to work?  The Social Security Administration offers ways for someone in this position to attempt to return and see if they can handle it.

More information on Social Security is available at www.ssa.gov.

Jack Myers appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.