According to P.L. 104-193, children receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disabled child benefits must have a non-medical and a medical redetermination done at the age of 18. The purpose of these Redeterminations is to establish eligibility under the adult medical standards.

During the Redetermination process, whenever possible, the Claims Representative (CR) collects both non-medical (e.g. living arrangements, income) and medical information from the claimant. Age 18 disability Redeterminations are processed in EDCS using the electronic SSA-3368 (Disability Report-Adult) process, unless an eCDR exclusion exists.

CRs should refer to Field Office (FO) Procedures for Processing and Age-18 Redeterminations DI 13006.025, for proper processing procedures for Age 18 Redeterminations/Disability Reviews.

When an eligible child attains age 18, the CR must show a living arrangement change using the date of age 18 attainment on the Living Arrangement Change (LCHG) screen in the Modernized SSI Claim System (MSSICS). Once the non-medical redetermination and living arrangement change have been established, the CR must do the following before transferring the eCDR in EDCS:

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  Ensure that the Type of Master Record (TMR) on the SSR changes from a child to an adult (e.g. to DI or BI) on the Simulated SSI Record (SSR), and

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  Query the SSID the following day to ensure the TMR field has been changed to a DI or a BI.

  NOTE: If the TMR is not changed from a child to an adult, the Age 18 Disability Redetermination cannot be transferred in EDCS. If the TMR has already been changed from a child to an adult, it is not necessary to complete a new non-medical redetermination unless a diary is due.

After verifying that the TMR field on the SSR has changed from child to adult (e.g.DI or BI), the eCDR can be transferred in EDCS.

Upon opening EDCS for the Age 18 Disability Redetermination, the CR must complete the eCDR screens in the following order:

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  Enter the Recipient/Client SSN on the Disability Case Selection Page in EDCS;

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  Select “CDR Initial” on the Select Case Level screen;

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  Select “An Age 18 Redet” on the Confirm Case Creation screen;

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  EDCS automatically propagates the Comparison Point Decision (CPD) date field as 12 months prior to the CDR case creation date (this date cannot be keyed over);

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  Select “Create Case” on the Confirm Case Creation screen to establish a case for this person.

  REMINDER: Change the claim type from DC/BC to DI/BI or DS/BS in the TMR field of the SSR prior to transferring the claim in EDCS.

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  Select the appropriate forms to be keyed into EDCS from the Forms Selection screen; (e.g., SSA-3368 (Disability Report - Adult), SSA-3369 (Work History Report) and SSA-3367 (Disability Report-Field Office);

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  Select the appropriate folder to link from the Link Folder screen;

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  Ensure the correct mailing address, telephone number, and representative information has propagated from MSSICS;

  NOTE: If information (e.g. address, Representative Payee information) propagated from MSSICS is incorrect, the CR must key over the information in EDCS and also correct the information in the mainframe.

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  Enter the CDR information, SSA-3368 (Disability Report – Adult), SSA-3367 (Disability Report-Field Office), and SSA-3369 (Work History Report) data in EDCS on the Forms(s) Selection screen (See Completing Electronic Disability Collect System (EDCS) Forms for Initial Claims – DI 81010.025);

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  Enter the appropriate response concerning the need for DDS capability development (for information regarding determining capability see Representative Payment – Overview - GN 00502.001, Component Responsibilities - DI 23001.005, and When to Develop Capability - DI 23001.005B);

  IMPORTANT: If DDS capability development is needed, the answer “yes” will not propagate from the mainframe. However, once the information is entered on the CDR information screen, it is displayed on the SSA-3367 in the capability field.

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  Transfer the Age 18 Redet in EDCS;

  NOTE: EDCS automatically adds the “Potential 301 Case” flag at transfer when the answer to the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) question on the SSA-3368 is “Yes”.

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  Ensure that the proper actions have been made on the Disability Control File (DCF) and CDR WAC Web Worksheet; and

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  Obtain the proper number of SSA-827s (Authorizations to Disclose Information to the Social Security Administration) from the claimant and forward to the disability determination service (DDS) per Regional instructions.

  REMINDER: The Update after Transfer functionality is not available for eCDR. Once an eCDR record has been established in EDCS and transferred to the DDS, there is no repropagate function for Age 18 Redeterminations. If the CR corrects information in MSSICS after they have already created and transferred the EDCS record for the Age 18 Redetermination, EDCS will not update. Changes, such as change of address, must be reported using a message and an SSA-5002 (Report of Contact) with narrative remarks.

Upon receipt of the DDS determination for the Age 18 Redetermination on the EDCS Actions Page, follow instructions in Field Office (FO) Procedures After the Disability Determination Services (DDS) Makes A Determination on an Age-18 Redetermination Case - DI 13006.030. This section provides further CR instructions for ensuring the proper inputs are complete for the cessation or continuance determination.

The CR must remember to query the SSID (supplemental security income display) to verify DDS determinations are updated.

References:

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  Information regarding actions taken by the CR upon receiving an N7 (Disability Cessation) diary can be found in Disability Determination Related Diaries - SM 01301.235B.

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  Information regarding the MG (Medical Recovery Code and Effective Date) field on the SSID can be found in Disability Data—DISB - SM 01601.595.