Last Update: 7/13/2022 (Transmittal I-3-190)
HA 01390.090 Post-Appeals Council Action Correspondence
Renumbered from HALLEX section I-3-9-90
The chart below provides general guidance concerning the disposition of correspondence or evidence received after the Appeals Council (AC) denies a request for review, issues a decision, or reviews a case on its own motion.
| Situation | Receipt | Clearance Signature | 
| Extension of time (EOT) with or without new evidence or contentions | Received but not associated prior to release of AC denial notice or AC decision | AC | 
| Request for exhibits, recording, or both | Received but not associated prior to release of AC denial notice or AC decision | AC | 
| Request for reopening, correspondence, or evidence | In response to denial notice or AC decision | AC | 
| Correspondence, evidence, or legal argument received after civil action (CA) period (no specific request to reopen or EOT to file CA) | After original CA period or no right to CA | AC | 
| Second request for review received | After CA period | None | 
| Request for Review received after the AC has taken own motion (OM) review | After OM taken | AC | 
| Request for an EOT to file a CA | During original CA period | AC | 
| After original CA period | AC | 
| Request for reopening (being denied) and EOT to file CA | During original CA period | AC | 
| After original CA period | AC |