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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
HALLEX
Volume I
Transmittal No. I-3-128
Chapter: I-3-1
Subject: Initial Processing of a Request for Review
Background
This transmittal adds section I-3-1-30 to the Hearings, Appeals and Litigation Law (HALLEX) manual to provide information about requests to escalate a claim from another administrative level to the Appeals Council (AC).
Explanation of Content and Changes
We added HALLEX I-3-1-30 to clarify that due to the right to a hearing, the AC generally cannot accept a request to escalate a claim from another administrative level. We also clarified that the AC considers the entire administrative law judge decision on review, not just the portions with which a claimant disagrees.
Date: January 13, 2016
