In limited situations, an adjudicator may use an uncertified E/R to document entitlement,
disallowance, or non-entitlement. You can use an uncertified E/R for earnings assessment
purposes. If for any reason, the adjudicator doubts its validity, obtain a certified
E/R using the instructions in MSOM MCSEC 001.005.
Important: Never use an uncertified E/R to document non-entitlement on any social security number
(SSN) due to lack of insured status, per GN 00204.004.
1. List of uncertified E/Rs
The following is a list of uncertified E/Rs.
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MCS pre-adjudicative EC screens with an existing issue involving the Office of Earnings (OEO) or other unresolved earnings issue;
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A pre-adjudicative BEST with an existing issue involving the OEO or other unresolved earnings issue;
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Summary Earnings Query (SEQY) (see SM 00345.902 and MSOM QUERIES 003.004);
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Detailed Earnings Query (DEQY) (see SM 00344.001 and MSOM QUERIES 003.005);
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Personal Earnings Benefit Estimate System (PEBES) Online Response (see MSOM QUERIES
007.002);
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Disability Insured Status Calculator Online (DISCO); or
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Online Computational Earnings (OCE) program in the Interactive Computation Facility
(ICF) (see MSOM ICFT2 024.001).
2. Interactive computation facility (ICF) online computational earnings (OCE)
The ICF OCE program (function #24), like the EC, draws its earnings information from
the Master Earnings File (MEF). However, the OCE is not acceptable as a certified
E/R because:
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it is possible to manipulate earnings data on the MEF;
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no traceable record-of-change screen exists;
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no access to prior entitlement, railroad or MS data files exists; and
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no automatic OEO resolution exists for earnings or Quarters of Coverage (QC) problems.
See MSOM ICFT2 024.002 and MSOM ICFT2 024.001 for additional information about the
ICF OCE.