iAppeals is a Social Security online internet service that allows claimants to file
a reconsideration or hearing request on a Title II (TII), Title XVI (TXVI), or concurrent
TII and TXVI initial disability determination online. An iAppeals appeal request includes
the following forms:
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i561 (Request for Reconsideration), or
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i501 (Request for Hearing by Administrative Law Judge), and
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i3441 (Disability Report – Appeal).
Note: As of June 16, 2018, the i520, the equivalent of the paper form HA-520 (Request for
Review of Hearing Decision/Order), is available in iAppeals. Claimants use the i520
to request Appeals Council review of a disability or non-medical hearing decision.
The information in these instructions is specific to Title XVI.
Procedures common for both TII and TXVI are in section GN 03101.125. This section includes general information and instructions concerning the following
issues:
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Internet User’s (IU) iAppeals experience,
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iAppeals assignment of appeal requests, and
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identifying appeals requests on the Internet Disability Workload Management Information
(WMI) List.