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RM: Records Maintenance
RM 002: The Social Security Number, Policy and General Procedures
RM 010: Form SS-4 Employer's Application for Identification Number
RM 011: Tax Procedures and Employer Reports
RM 013: The Social Security Statement, Form SSA-7005-SM
RM 016: Recordation of Data for Use in Claims Related Activities
RM 020: Discrepant Wage Reports
RM 022: Investigating and Correcting Wages Reported
RM 025: Unidentified Earnings Items
RM 031: Employer Reports of Earnings
RM 032: Pension Information Processing System
RM 038: Earnings Discrepancies
RM 049: Exemption From Taxation on SEI
RM 050: Correspondence - Filing, Control, Monitoring
RM 051: Alien Nonpayment Provision Policing
RM 102: The Social Security Number, Policy and General Procedures
GN: General
GN 002: Applications and Interviews
GN 003: Evidence
GN 004: Disaster Procedures
GN 005: Selection of Representative Payee
GN 006: Use and Accountability of Benefits
GN 009: Miscellaneous FO and OIO Activity
GN 010: Adjudication
GN 017: Totalization Benefits
GN 022: Overpayments
GN 023: Underpayments
GN 024: Checks
GN 026: Posteligibility
GN 028: Legislative Economic Payment Activities
GN 030: Due Process Requirements for Processing First/Third Party Reports-Title II
GN 031: Appeals
GN 033: Disclosure/Confidentiality of Information
GN 035: Acquiescence Rulings
GN 039: Representation and Representative's Fee
GN 040: Administrative Finality
GN 044: Quality Appraisal
GN 050: Taxation of Benefits
GN 060: Special Intranet/Internet Services
RS: Retirement and Survivors Insurance
RS 002: Benefits and Payments
RS 003: Insured Status
RS 006: Determination of PIAs and Benefit Amounts
RS 013: Support, Dependency, Child in Care
RS 014: Wages
RS 015: Coverage of State and Local Employment
RS 016: Railroad Retirement Board Coordination
RS 017: Military Service
RS 018: Coverage of Self-Employment
RS 019: Coverage and Exceptions
RS 020: Coverage Under International Agreements
RS 021: Employer-Employee Relationship
RS 022: Statute of Limitations
RS 025: Annual Earnings Test
RS 026: Foreign Deductions
RS 028: Sensitive/Critical Cases
RS 030: Northern Mariana Islands Social Security System
DI: Disability Insurance
DI 001: Background and Rationale
DI 100: Background and Overview
DI 101: Disability and Blindness Requirements
DI 105: Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA)
DI 110: Initial Claims Processing
DI 120: Appeals Processing
DI 125: Court Cases
DI 130: Continuing Disability
DI 135: Vocational Rehabilitation
DI 145: Continued Payments to Individuals Participating in a Vocational Rehabilitation or Similar Program
DI 201: DDS Jurisdiction
DI 205: Folder Management
DI 215: State Welfare Plans
DI 220: Sequential Evaluation
DI 225: Case Development Procedures
DI 230: Special Issues
DI 235: Specific Case Instructions
DI 240: Work Issues - Initial/Reconsideration Cases
DI 245: Medical Evaluation
DI 250: Medical-Vocational Evaluation
DI 252: Title XVI Child Claims Based on Disability
DI 255: Onset/Duration/Closed Period
DI 260: Statutory Blindness Cases - Development, Evaluation and Processing Issues
DI 265: Initial Case Processing
DI 270: Reconsideration Case Processing
DI 275: Reopenings, Res Judicata, and Collateral Estoppel
DI 280: Continuing Disability Review Cases
DI 285: CDR Reopenings
DI 290: Reconsideration of Continuing Disability Review (CDR) Cases, and Reopenings Applicable to Disability Hearings (Pre-DHU Processing)
DI 295: Assistance Requests
DI 300: Quality Assurance
DI 310: Representation of Claimants and Inquiries
DI 315: Correspondence
DI 320: Disposition and Routing
DI 325: Court Cases
DI 327: Acquiescence Rulings
DI 330: Disability Hearing Unit Procedures
DI 335: Reference
DI 340: Listing of Impairments - Current
DI 341: Obsolete Versions of Part A, the Listing of Impairments
DI 342: Obsolete Versions of Part B, the Listing of Impairments
DI 395: DDS Fiscal and Administrative Management
DI 401: Processing Center (PC) Processing of Initial Claims
DI 405: Processing Continuing Disability Review Cases
DI 410: Processing Statutory Blindness Cases
DI 420: Processing Appeals Reopenings and Material Received After a Determination
DI 425: Court Cases
DI 435: Processing Foreign Claims
DI 440: Processing Career Railroad Cases
DI 450: Processing End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Medicare Cases
DI 456: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) -- Medicare Waiting Period Waived -- PSC
DI 515: Subsequent Disability Applications
DI 521: Workers' Compensation/Public Disability Benefit (WC/PDB) Offset
DI 525: Court Cases
DI 527: Acquiescence Rulings
DI 550: Ticket to Work
DI 600: Research Studies, Demonstrations and Experiments
DI 700: Paper Modular Disability Folder
DI 710: Processing Disability Claims Filed in the United States by Canadian and Mexican Residents
DI 805: ODARs Case Processing and Management System
DI 806: PC/DPB/ODAR HO Electronic Folder Procedures
DI 808: PC/ODAR HO Certified Electronic Folder Process
DI 810: Electronic Disability Guide (eDG) Procedures for the Electronic Process
SI: Supplemental Security Income
SI 005: Eligibility
SI 006: The SSI Application Process
SI 008: Income
SI 011: Resources
SI 012: Grandfathered Income and Resource Provisions
SI 013: Deeming
SI 014: State Supplementary Payments
SI 017: Medicaid Eligibility
SI 018: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
SI 020: Benefits and Payments
SI 021: Title XVI (SSI) Underpayments
SI 022: Overpayments
SI 023: Posteligibility Events
SI 029: State Financial Management
SI 040: Administrative Review, Appeals and Finality - SSI
HI: Health Insurance
HI 002: Computations/Offsets
HI 004: Definitions
HI 006: Covered Services (HI-SMI)
HI 008: Requirement for Entitlement and Termination
HI 009: Evidence of Entitlement
HI 010: Premium Collections
HI 011: Medicare Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount
HI 012: Claims Process — Provider's, Physician's, and Supplier's Services
HI 022: Medicare Overpayments
HI 030: Eligibility for Subsidized Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
NL: Notices, Letters and Paragraphs
NL 006: Beneficiary Notice Policies, Procedures and Cross-References for Titles II and XVIII
NL 007: Letters and Paragraphs for Title II, Title XVI, and Title XVIII
NL 008: Notices for Title XVI
NL 009: OEO Notices, Letters, and Paragraphs
NL 010: Special Notice Options for the Blind or Visually Impaired
NL 012: Online Notices
NL 015: Address Designations
NL 030: Limited Payability Notices
NL 106: Beneficiary Notices (BNs)
VB: Special Veterans Benefits
VB 001: Qualification
VB 002: Applications and Claims Development
VB 005: Representative Payment for Special Veterans Benefits (SVB)
VB 007: Qualification for Special Veterans Benefits
VB 009: Adjudication
VB 012: Payment of Benefits
VB 013: Title VIII State Recognition Payment Programs
VB 015: Suspension and Termination Events
VB 017: Redetermination of Special Veterans Benefits (SVB)
VB 020: Overpayments
VB 025: Appeals Process
VB 040: Systems Instructions for Processing Title VIII Claims
VB 050: Notices
PR: Title II Regional Chief Counsel Precedents
PR 009: CHILD - Children of Same-Sex Marriages and Other Relationships
PR 010: CHILD - Natural Legitimate Child
PR 011: CHILD - Legitimated Child/Child With Inheritance Rights
PR 012: CHILD - 216(h)(3) Child
PR 013: CHILD - Legally Adopted Child
PR 014: CHILD - Adopted by Someone Other than NH
PR 015: CHILD — Equitably Adopted Child
PR 016: CHILD -- Stepchild
PR 017: CHILD — Marriage/Divorce/Annulment as Affecting Child's Benefits
PR 018: CHILD - Termination of Parental Rights
PR 019: COMPUTATIONS
PR 020: DISABILITY -- General
PR 021: DISABILITY - Litigation
PR 025: DISABILITY — Workers' Compensation/Public Disability Benefits Offset
PR 026: DISABILITY — Disability Determination Services (DDS)
PR 027: EVIDENCE - Name Change Due to Marriage Based on State Law
PR 028: EVIDENCE Age
PR 029: EVIDENCE Death
PR 031: FOREIGN CLAIMS — Marriage
PR 034: FOREIGN CLAIMS — Divorce
PR 035: FOREIGN CLAIMS — Adoption
PR 036: FOREIGN CLAIMS - Students
PR 038: FOREIGN CLAIMS — Child Relationship Status
PR 040: Garnishment for Child Support/Alimony
PR 045: Garnishment/Assignment
PR 048: GRAY v. RICHARDSON — All Policy Issues
PR 049: HOMICIDE
PR 050: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Applicable State Law in Deciding Spouse Relationship
PR 051: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Presumption of the Validity of the Last Marriage
PR 052: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Underage Marriages
PR 053: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Polygamous Marriages
PR 054: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Ceremonial Marriage
PR 055: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Presumption of Ceremonial Marriage
PR 056: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Common-Law Marriages
PR 057: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Putative Marriages
PR 058: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP -- Same-Sex Relationships
PR 059: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Indian Tribal or Custom Marriage
PR 062: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Divorce
PR 063: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Annulment
PR 065: MARITAL RELATIONSHIP - Laches
PR 067: OVERPAYMENTS -- General
PR 068: PRISONERS - Suspension/Termination
PR 071: REPRESENTATIVE PAYMENT -- Competency and Capability of Beneficiary and Selection of Rep Payee
PR 072: REPRESENTATIVE PAYMENT - Use and Conservation of Benefits
PR 073: REPRESENTATIVE PAYMENT - Misuse of Benefits
PR 075: STATE AND LOCAL COVERAGE — Coverage Issues
PR 076: STATE AND LOCAL COVERAGE — Modifications to State and Local Agreements
PR 077: CLAIMANT REPRESENTATIVES
PR 078: STUDENTS - Full-Time Attendance
PR 079: STUDENTS Educational Institution
PR 080: STUDENTS - Home Schooling
PR 081: STUDENTS - Independent Study Programs
PR 082: STUDENTS - Online Schools
PR 083: UNDERPAYMENTS - Small Estates Statutes
PR 084: Wages
PR 085: WITHDRAWALS
PR 086: Enumeration
PR 090: Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)
PS: Title XVI Regional Chief Counsel Precedents
PS 009: Parent-Child Relationships
PS 011: PAYMENT - Overpayments
PS 012: PAYMENT -- Recovery
PS 013: PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS - Deeming
PS 014: PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS -- Income
PS 015: PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS - In-kind Support and Maintenance (ISM)
PS 016: PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS -- Living Arrangements
PS 018: PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS -- Resources
PS 019: PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS -- Work Incentives (Including Section 1619)
PS 020: PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS -- Institutionalization
PS 021: PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS - Fugitive Felons
PS 080: STUDENTS - Home Schooling
PS 082: STUDENTS - Online Schooling
PS 099: Title XVI Regional Chief Counsel Precedents
SL: State and Local Coverage Handbook
SL 100: Introduction to State and Local Coverage Handbook
SL 200: Section 218 Program
SL 300: Coverage Under Section 218 Agreements
SL 400: Agreements and Modifications
SL 500: Mandatory Coverage
SL 600: Employment
SL 700: Covered Wages
SL 800: Reporting
SL 900: Transmittals and Action Items