POMS Reference

DI 11010: Initial Disability Claims Processing

TN 49 (08-08)

A. Transmitting routine cases to ODO's central mailroom

Send Routine Cases To:

Social Security Administration
Office of Disability Operations
1500 Woodlawn Drive
Baltimore, MD 21241-1500

B. Transmitting non-routine cases to ODO's special PO Box

Send any folder with a "critical case" issue, unanswered inquiry in file, policy or adjudicative question, etc. to:

Social Security Administration
Office of Disability Operations
P.O. Box 32901
Baltimore, MD 21241-2901

C. Transmitting End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) claims

Send all ESRD claims to:

Social Security Administration
Office of Disability Operations
1500 Woodlawn Drive
Baltimore, MD 21241-1500

D. Transmitting foreign claims

Send material to the Office of Central Operations/Office of International Operations (OCO/OIO) as follows:

  1. Regular claims send to:

    Social Security Administration
    Office of International Operations
    P.O. Box 17775
    Baltimore, MD 21235-1775
  2. Totalization claims send to:

    Social Security Administration
    Office of International Operations
    P.O. Box 17049
    Baltimore, MD 21235-7049

E. Transmitting cases to the Disability Determination Services (DDS)

See the Service Area Directory in Detailed Office Organization Resource System (DOORS).

F. Transmitting cases requiring Program Service Center/Disability Processing Branch (PSC/DPB) review

Send to the appropriate PSC/DPB as shown below:

Northeastern Program Service Center
Disability Processing Branch
P.O. Box 314600
Jamaica, NY 11431
Mid-Atlantic Program Service Center
Disability Processing Branch
P.O. Box 2857
Philadelphia, PA 19122-9973
Southeastern Program Service Center
Disability Processing Branch
P.O. Box 830589
Birmingham, AL 35283-0589
Great Lakes Program Service Center
Disability Processing Branch
P.O. BOX 87755
Chicago, IL 60680-0995
Mid-America Program Service Center
Disability Processing Branch
P.O. Box 15608
Kansas City, MO 64106-0608
Western Program Service Center
Disability Processing Branch
P.O. Box 2427
Richmond, CA 94802