Electronic Disability Collect System (EDCS) provides the ability for FOs to reuse
most EDCS records for cases closed as:
To differentiate between reactivations on medical denials, reactivations on FO Determinations
(technical denials) are called “Technical Reactivations.”
For details on FO Determinations or No Determinations, see Processing Field Office
(FO) Determinations - DI 81010.140. For information on processing medical reactivations in eView, see Processing Medical
Reactivations – DI 81010.143.
EDCS allows technical reactivations on a case or on individual claim within a case.
Reactivating FO Determination or No Determination claims allows FOs to update and
transfer these EDCS claims to the Disability Determinations Service (DDS) for an initial
medical determination. For more information on processing reactivations for appeals,
see Processing Reconsideration Request of Field Office Determinations - DI 81010.145
and Processing a Reconsideration Request of an Initial Denial Based on Non-medical
Issues - DI 12005.010.
NOTE: Once the FO reactivates a claim with an FO Determination or No Determination, a record
of the prior closed EDCS case is stored and is viewable in eView (see Viewing EDCS
Case Technical Reactivation Information – DI 81010.110C. of this section).
1. EDCS requirements for technical reactivation
The following rules apply to EDCS technical reactivations:
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Only initial-level claims can be reactivated;
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Claims to be reactivated must be in the most recent case in EDCS;
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Claims to be reactivated must have been closed with an FO Determination or No Determination;
NOTE: If one title of a concurrent claim is transferred to the DDS and an FO Determination
is made on the other title, the claim with the FO Determination can be reactivated
through EDCS. If the most recent FO Determination is performed while the claim is
still pending in the DDS, the FO will not reactivate the case until notification is
received on the EDCS Actions Page that the claim has been closed in the DDS or the
FO will allow up to 5 business days before reactivating the claim, whichever occurs
first. This allows the DDS to close the claim on their system. This only applies if
no medical determination has been made on any claim in the case.
NOTE: Although collateral estoppel (“FA” determination code) is an allowance based on
a prior medical determination, it is not considered a medical determination for reactivations.
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There must be at least one closed mainframe (i.e., Modernized Claim System (MCS) or
Modernized Supplemental Security Income Claim System (MSSICS)) claim for the EDCS
case being reactivated.
NOTE: MCS exclusion claims cannot be reactivated in EDCS. This includes concurrent and
multiple entitlement claims where one of the claims is a MCS exclusion.
2. Mainframe requirements for technical reactivation
For each technically denied EDCS claim being reactivated, the FO must establish a
new open mainframe claim that:
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Matches the claim type(s) of the FO determined claim(s);
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Matches the Number Holder (NH) name; and
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Has the same filing date(s) as the FO determined claim(s).
NOTE: If any claims within the case cannot be reactivated, follow Certified Electronic
Folder (CEF) Exclusions - DI 81010.030C, for processing appeals of SGA and other technical denials.