Follow these instructions when preparing an initial claims package for an Irish disability
            claim or when responding to a request from the Irish agency for information about
            a U.S. period of disability.
         
          
         
            
               
                  
                  
               
               
                  
                  
                     
                     | Step | Action | 
               
               
                  
                  
                     
                     | 1 | Obtain an MBR on the claimant's SSN and ascertain if a Disability Data Line (identified
                           as DIB) is displayed.
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                     | 2 | Is there a DIB data line? | 
                  
                     
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                                    If yes, enter the month and year shown in the DDO field (Date of Disability Onset)
                                       in the “FROM” block in Part II.B. of form SSA-2960-U3-IR.
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                                    If no, assume that no period of U.S. disability has been established. | 
                  
                     
                     | 3 | Is there an entry in the DBC (Disability Benefit Cessation) field of the DIB data
                           Line?
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                                    If yes, enter the month and year shown in that field in the “TO” block in Part II.B. of form SSA-2960-U3-IR. | 
                  
                     
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                                    If no, enter the word “continuing” in the “TO” block in Part II.B. of form SSA-2960-U3-IR. |