Victims of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm may qualify for disability benefits under the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Compassionate Allowance Program. The Compassionate Allowance (CAL) program is a method utilized by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in order to quickly identify the eligibility of those suffering from severe medical conditions for disability benefits.
The Compassionate Allowances list contains medical conditions such as Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma, Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, other types of cancers, traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), stroke, early-onset Alzheimer’s, other types of dementias, schizophrenia, cardiovascular disease, multiple organ transplants and autoimmune diseases. The whole point of the Compassionate Allowance program is to enable the SSA to fulfill their obligation of providing disability benefits as quickly as possible to applicants whose medical conditions are so serious that it is clear that they will meet disability benefits requirements.
What is Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm?
Formerly known as natural killer (NK) cell leukemia/lymphoma, Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm (BPDCN) is an aggressive and rare, hematologic malignancy that usually appears as cutaneous lesions with or without the involvement of bone marrow and leukemic dissemination.
What is a Compassionate Allowance?
Compassionate allowances are used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to quickly identify medical conditions that would usually meet the SSA’s requirements to qualify for disability benefits. The conditions most relevant to compassionate allowances include certain types of cancers, adult brain disorders and several rare medical disorders that affect children. Using compassionate allowances helps the SSA decrease the waiting time for the victim when arriving at
a disability benefits decision.
The list of conditions that typically meet the SSA’s requirements for social security disability benefits (SSD) and helps to reduce the wait time for applicants is lengthy but these are some of the conditions.
- Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm;
- Adult Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Adult Onset Huntington Disease
- Kidney Cancer - inoperable or unresectable;
- Progressive Bulbar Palsy;
- Skin Malignant Melanoma with Metastases;
- Small Cell Cancer (Large Intestine, Thymus, or Prostate);
- Small Cell Cancer of the Female Genital Tract.
Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm can qualify as a Compassionate Allowance so long as it meets the requirements in 
Medical Evidence for Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm
Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm may be diagnosed in the following ways:
- by conducting a physical exam;
- examining a skin biopsy which shows the infiltration of medium-sized blast cells into the dermis;
- examining a bone marrow biopsy.
There are other physical characteristics of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm when individuals may show the following symptoms:
- the presence of skin lesions such as nodules, ulcers, bruise-like patches, tumors, and/or red or purple papules;
- the presence of swollen lymph nodes;
- the presence of an enlarged liver;
- the presence of an enlarged spleen;
- anemia;
- very low platelet level;
- a decrease in white blood cells.
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Providing the right evidence to prove the presence of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm may be the key to winning disability benefits using the compassionate allowance and this is when an attorney may be able to help you file a Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm disability benefits claim that will win you the disability benefits you deserve.
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