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  Create the DDSDEC issue and set a 90-day tickle on the Development Worksheet for both MCS and the Consolidated Claims Experience (CCE).

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  Show the DDS code of V32 on the ADIB (MSSICS) and the Development Worksheet Remarks (MCS).

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  Enter "Career RR Case" or Dependent RR Annuitant in the SSA-3367, Disability Report-Field Office, Remarks section.

If the non-disability requirements are met on both claims:

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  Transfer claims in EDCS to V32 and mail paper associated with the case to DCR under cover of the EDCS Routing Form per DI 81010.085, Transferring Cases in Electronic Disability Collect System (EDCS).

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  Effectuate the presumptive disability decision if the criteria are met.

NOTE: If the FO subsequently determines that the claimant is not eligible for SSI, the FO closes the Title XVI portion of the case on EDCS, which automatically notifies DCR.

If the SSI non-disability requirements are not met:

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  Prepare a Report of Contact (RC) for the SSI file showing Title II/Career RR claim forwarded to DCR on (date), and send only the Title II claim to DCR. Be sure to include all evidence pertinent to the Title II claim;

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  Enter SSI denied by FO on non-disability issue in the SSA-3367, Remarks section to alert DCR as to the disposition of the SSI claim; and

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  Retain any SSI claims related materials in the FO.

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  Add the flag: Railroad Disability Case - DCR 2A, along with any others that apply.

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  Verify the destination code V32 is on the Transfer screen.

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  Identify the claim as either CAREER RAILROAD or DEPENDENT RR ANNUITANT on the EDCS routing form remarks section.

1. 1. 

   Include a signed and dated SSA-827 in EDCS using any of the acceptable signature methods listed in DI 11005.056A.2.

2. 2. 

   Transfer claims in EDCS to V32, and mail any medical evidence of record (MER) or the MDF if required (see NOTE below), with the EDCS Routing Form to:

   DCR, Branch 2A
   P.O. BOX 87755 3^RD FLOOR
   Chicago IL. 60680-0955
   Do Not Open in Mailroom

NOTE: If a case is a certified electronic folder (CEF) exclusion, but is not an EDCS exclusion, a Modular Disability Folder (MDF) must be created and forwarded. See Certified Electronic Folder (CEF) Exclusions and Limitations, DI 81010.030.