A claimant who is receiving or filing for a childhood disability annuity or a disabled
widow(er)’s annuity with RRB on the account of a deceased RR employee, and is filing
a disability claim with SSA on a different Social Security account.
The surviving child or widow(er)’s RR annuitant could be filing for disability with
SSA for:
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Disability insurance benefits (DIB) and/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) on their
own record,
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CDB on another parent’s record, or
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DWB on another prior spouse’s record
If the spouse or child of a living career RR worker files for DIB or SSI on his or her own Social Security number, GLPSC-DPB
does not have jurisdiction of the claim. Route the claim to the DDS in the claimant’s
state of residence per DI 11050.010.
Dual eligibility processing:
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The field office (FO) takes a disability claim that fits the dual eligibility RR criteria
and forwards the case to GLPSC-DPB instead of the DDS.
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GLPSC-DPB makes the determination on an initial or reconsideration claim and returns
the case to the FO for final processing.
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If the claimant files for reconsideration on a dual eligibility claim, GLPSC-DPB has
jurisdiction. The claimant is entitled to a reconsideration determination by GLPSC-DPB
even if he or she resides in a Prototype state.
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Case processing at the administrative law judge (ALJ) level is unchanged. The PSC
that effectuates the ALJ decision is required to forward a copy of the decision to
GLPSC-DPB for coordination with RRB.
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GLPSC-DPB has jurisdiction for initial and reconsideration determinations on continuing
disability review cases (CDR). If GLPSC-DPB cannot issue a fully favorable decision
at the initial or reconsideration level on a CDR, they refer the case to the Federal
Disability Hearing Office in Region V for a disability hearing per DI 33025.010.