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Can You Get Disability for Cancer? Many individuals living with cancer have strong claims for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. In evaluating a claim for benefits, the SSA considers how severely a person’s impairments impacts their ability to perform ‘substantial’ work. Late-stage and terminal cancers may be fast-tracked for benefits through the SSA’s Compassionate Allowance program. By ‘substantial’ work, the SSA means earnings that do not exceed the allowable monthly SGA limit set by the agency. For 2022, the SGA limit is $1,350 per month. The most common cancers are breast cancer, lung and bronchus cancer, prostate cancer, colon and rectum cancer, melanoma of the skin, bladder cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, kidney and renal pelvis cancer, endometrial cancer, leukemia, pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer, and liver cancer.