Program Operations Manual System (POMS)
TN 9 (05-22)
RM 03809.022 Examining Reports to Determine if Earnings Case(s) are Scrambled
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A.
Review the report and determine if the earnings record is scrambled.
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B.
Consider an earnings record to be scrambled when the report indicates that:
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1.
One or more items (name, DOB, and wages) were reported with a different name or initial(s)
other than the person to whom the SSN was assigned.
Example:
SSN holder — John Bernard Jones; other person — James S. Jones. One or more items
(name, DOB, and wages) reported:
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James Jones
J.S. Jones
S. Jones
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2.
One or more items (name, DOB, name) cannot be positively identified as belonging to
the person to whom the SSN was assigned.
Example:
SSN holder—John Bernard Jones; other person—James S. Jones. One or more items (name,
DOB, and wages) reported:
J. Jones
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C.
Consider a period on the earnings record not scrambled when all items (name, DOB,
and wages) can be positively identified for the person to whom the SSN was assigned.
Example:
SSN holder—John Bernard Jones; other person—James S. Jones. All items reported:
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John B. Jones
J.B. Jones
John Jones
Bernard Jones
B. Jones
J. Bernard Jones
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D.
If no scramble exists, NAN the case, annotate remarks in ICOR, and mark the case "complete"
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E.
If a scramble exists, apply the additional scouting instructions in RM 03809.024.