DI 11010.000 Initial Disability Claims Processing

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DI 11010.005 Receipting Claims TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.010 Modernized Claim System (MCS) and Earnings Computation (EC) TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.015 Earnings Computation (EC) Earnings Record (E/R) Requests TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.020 Case Control Input - Disability Cases Forwarded to Disability Determination Services (DDS), Disability Processing Branch (DPB) or Disability Processing Unit (DPU) Procedure TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.025 Guidelines for Deferral of Non-Medical Development TN 50 02-11
DI 11010.030 Field Office (FO) Operating Instructions for Deferred Title II Initial Claims TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.035 Avoiding Unnecessary Development in Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) Claims TN 57 07-16
DI 11010.040 Field Office (FO) Development and Evaluation of Apparent Technical Denials TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.045 Claimant Cannot Be Contacted or Whereabouts Unknown or Claimant Does Not Wish to Pursue Title II Claim TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.050 Resolving Earnings Discrepancies in Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) Claims TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.055 Proof of Age (POA) and Citizenship for Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) Claims TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.060 Established Date of Birth (DOB) Indicates Potential Retirement Survivor Insurance (RSI) Eligibility Process TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.075 Initial Title II Technical Denials and Claims Not Requiring a Disability Determination TN 71 07-21
DI 11010.085 Multiple Type Title II Claims TN 76 10-22
DI 11010.090 Multiple Claims – Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Claim Involved TN 77 11-22
DI 11010.095 Claimant Dies Before Field Office (FO) Transmits Title II Claim(s) TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.115 Non-Medical Completion TN 65 09-19
DI 11010.120 Partial Award Determination TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.125 Developing Cause of Death - Claimant Dies within 1 Year of Denial TN 73 07-22
DI 11010.140 Field Office (FO) and Disability Determination Services (DDS) Responsibilities in Work Development TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.145 Unsuccessful Work Attempt (UWA) Overview TN 72 06-22
DI 11010.150 Processing Return to Work Reports TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.160 Receiving a Work Report after a Claim is Transferred to Disability Determination Services (DDS), Office of Disability Operations (ODO), or Processing Center (PC) TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.165 Evaluation of Work of Blind Individuals TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.170 Processing Claims of Blind Persons Involving Work in 1978 or Later – Individuals Under Age 55 TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.175 Work Comparability Provisions for Title II Disabled Individuals Age 55 and Older TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.180 Impairment-Related Work Expenses (IRWE) Paid 12/01/80, and Later TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.185 When to Develop and Verify Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.190 Initial or Subsequent Disability Claims - Claimant Engaging in Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.205 Completing the Paper SSA-831 TN 69 08-20
DI 11010.210 Assembling and Transmitting the Official Folder to Disability Determination Services (DDS) TN 63 05-19
DI 11010.250 Using Work Activity Reports TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.255 Sending Initial Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB), Freeze Claims to the Disability Determination Services (DDS) TN 67 08-20
DI 11010.260 Sending New Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) or Freeze Claims to the Disability Determination Services (DDS) after a Previous Medical Denial or Cessation TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.261 Field Office Applying Prior Entitlement Months to the Medicare Waiting Period TN 59 11-18
DI 11010.262 Railroad (RR) Cases Sent to Great Lakes Program Service Center – Disability Processing Branch (GLPSC- DPB) TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.265 Jurisdiction and Routing of Concurrent Title II - Title XVI Claims for Claimants who Move to or from Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands (VI), Mexico, or Canada TN 68 08-20
DI 11010.270 Title II Changed-Identity Claims TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.273 Disability Claim or Appeal Filed Under a New Social Security Number (SSN) TN 78 04-23
DI 11010.275 Sending Cases to Office of Central Operations/Office of International Operations (OCO/OIO) TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.280 Age 54 Guidelines for Determining Jurisdiction of Title II Disability Cases TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.285 Change in Processing Centers (PCs) for Special Disability Workload (SDW) Initial Claims, Appeals and Amended Awards TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.290 Transferring Emergency Clause Cases by Disability Determination Services (DDS) to Office of Disability Operations (ODO) Flexible Disability Unit (FDU) or Program Service Center/Disability Processing Branch (PSC/DPB) TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.295 Excepting Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB), Disabled Widow(er) Benefits (DWB), Freeze and Medicare Qualified Government Employee (MQGE) Claims from Field Office (FO) Authorization TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.300 Routing Concurrent Disability Insurance Benefits –Retirement and Survivor Insurance (DIB-RSI) Claims TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.305 Routing a Non-disability Claim after Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) Claim Forwarded for Determination TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.310 Forwarding Retirement Survivors Insurance (RSI) Claims While Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) Claim is Pending Appeal TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.315 Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) Claimant Dies after File Sent to Disability Determination Services (DDS) and Survivor Claim Filed TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.320 Disability Insurance Benefits-Retirement Insurance Benefits (DIB-RIB) Claimant Dies before Disability Claim Adjudicated TN 61 04-19
DI 11010.325 Receiving a Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) Denial with a Retirement Insurance Benefits (RIB) Claim in the Field Office (FO) TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.330 Developing Cause of Death on a Pending Disability Claim TN 74 08-22
DI 11010.335 Developing Survivor Claims when the Processing Center (PC) has Jurisdiction of the Official Folder TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.340 Notifying the Field Office (FO) of Potential Allowance Cases by the Disability Determination Services (DDS) TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.345 Preparing Notices in Disability Claims TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.350 Effectuating an Erroneous Payment in Title II or Concurrent Claims TN 62 04-19
DI 11010.355 Jurisdiction and Routing of Cases after Return from the Disability Determination Services (DDS), Disability Processing Branch (DPB), or Disability Quality Branch (DQB) TN 76 10-22
DI 11010.360 Handling Trailer Material for Paper Folders TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.365 Assembling Material in the Official Folder Received from Disability Determination Services (DDS), Office of Disability Operations (ODO), or Program Service Center (PSC) TN 49 08-08
DI 11010.370 Field Offices (FO) Retaining and Shipping Paper Modular Disability Folders (MDF) TN 64 07-19
DI 11010.375 Field Office Transmittal of Paper Disability Claims TN 76 10-22
DI 11010.485 FO Development of Medical Evidence TN 41 01-02
DI 11010.490 Special Arrangement Sources - Concurrent Title II/XVI Cases TN 41 01-02
DI 11010.495 Special Arrangement Sources - Title II Cases TN 41 01-02
DI 11010.500 Claimant Prefers to Personally Request Evidence TN BASIC 03-86
DI 11010.505 Physician Prefers to be Contacted by the Claimant TN BASIC 03-86
DI 11010.510 Evidence in Claimant's Possession TN BASIC 03-86
DI 11010.520 Following Up on Requests for Medical Reports TN BASIC 03-86
DI 11010.525 Assisting Claimants who are Unable to Provide Medical Evidence TN 55 07-15
DI 11010.530 Claimant Does Not Authorize Access to Medical Evidence Due to Religious or Personal Reasons TN 55 07-15
DI 11010.535 Confidentiality of Medical Information TN 41 01-02
DI 11010.540 Medical Evidence Received From a Foreign Source TN 54 12-14
DI DAL11010.540 Examining Evidence - Foreign Claims (TN 1 -- 08/2007)
DI 11010.545 Payment for Medical Evidence of Record (MER) TN 41 01-02
DI 11010.550 Processing Requests for Payment for Medical Evidence Title II/Title XVI Claims TN 41 01-02
DI 11010.605 Requesting Evidence from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) TN 41 01-02
DI 11010.610 Field Office (FO) Receives Additional Evidence TN 56 01-16
DI 11010.620 Request for Additional Field Office (FO) Development before Determination by the Disability Determination Services (DDS) or Processing Center Disability Processing Branch (PC-DPB))/Disability Processing Units (DPU) TN 56 01-16
DI 11010.625 Field Office (FO) — Reporting Changes to the Disability Determination Services (DDS) TN 41 01-02
DI 11010.630 DDS Telephone Calls to the FO TN 41 01-02
DI 11010.635 Information from DDS - Possible Need for Payee Development - Folder not yet Returned to FO TN 41 01-02
DI 11010.640 DDS Requests Proof of Age for Vocational Factors TN 41 01-02
DI 11010.645 Request for FO Development of Medical Evidence TN 41 01-02

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DI 11010.000 - Initial Disability Claims Processing - Table of Contents - 04/11/2023
Batch run: 04/11/2023
Rev:04/11/2023