Last Update: 6/26/2023 (Transmittal I-4-96)
HA 01460.040 Appeals Council Remand Orders — Releasing
Renumbered from HALLEX section I-4-6-40
A. Standard Language Order Not Requiring Appeals Council Review
The analyst will:
- • - Prepare the standard language remand order; 
- • - Use the automated signature of the Division Chief Administrative 
Appeals Judge; 
- • - Obtain a current earnings record; 
- • - Input appropriate entries, including an analysis, in the Appeals 
Review Processing System (ARPS); 
- • - Check the remand order for accuracy; 
- • - Release the standard remand order and ensure the remand order 
was sent and added to the claim(s) file; and 
 B. Standard and Special Language Orders Requiring Appeals Council Review
- 1.  - The analyst will: - • - Prepare the order and any additional documents; 
- • - Make appropriate entries in ARPS, including entering a 
case analysis; and 
- • - Route the remand  to an administrative appeals judge for review 
on behalf of the Appeals Council (AC). 
 
- 2.  - After the AC approves the remand, the court legal assistant will release the AC remand order with the signature of the approving administrative appeals judge.