DSI=DOA
January 21, 2010
Author: Catherine M. Callery (Kate)| Louise M. Tarantino
SSA proposes “to eliminate the remaining portions of part 405 of our rules, which we now use for initial disability claims in our Boston region. We propose to use the same rules for disability claims in the Boston region that we use for disability adjudications in the rest of the country, including those rules that apply to the administrative law judge (ALJ) and Appeals Council (AC) levels of our administrative review process in parts 404 and 416 of our rules.” 74 Fed. Reg. 63688 (December 4, 2009).
Comments deadline is February 2, 2010. Please see the full notice for details on submitting comments.
Advocates affected by DSI of course are aware that this is merely the official notice and final wrap-up of a process of deconstructing the Disability Review Board, the Federal Review Officer system and the rest of DSI that has been dragging along the past couple of years. Clearly SSA saw the error of its ways and is ditching the DSI process sooner rather than later.
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