Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeMore than a dozen health conditions are set to be added to the Social Security Administration’s fast-track disability list. The 14 ailments are being added to Compassionate Allowances, the list launched in 2008 to speed up disability claims for those with severe medical conditions or serious diseases. “Social Security is strengthening our disability programs and making the disability determination process better, faster, and higher-quality to serve the American public,” SSA Commissioner Frank J. Bisignano said on Tuesday. open image in gallery Fourteen conditions are being added to the Social Security Administration’s fast-track disability list ( Getty )With the extra conditions, the CAL now covers 314 illnesses.