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AACT
Abbreviated Acount query – Title II
AAJ
Administrative Appeals Judge – AC adjudicator
AC
Appeals Council
ACE
Average Current Earnings – factor used in WC offset calculation
ADL
Activities of Daily Living
AI
Aged Individual – Title XVI
ALJ
Administrative Law Judge
AME
Agreed Medical Examiner – WC term
AME
Average Monthly Earnings – benefit calculation factor
AOD
Alleged Onset of Disability or Alleged Onset Date
AR
Acquiescence Ruling
AUSA
Assistant U.S. Attorney
BHA
Bureau of Hearings and Appeals – former name of OHO
BO
Branch Office – sub-office of a DO
BWO
Blind Work Expenses
CAB
Civil Actions Branch of AC
CALJ
Chief ALJ
CDB
Childhood Disability Benefits – Title II
CE
Consulative Examination or Examiner
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CIB
Child’s Insurance Benefits – Title II
COBRA
Comprehensive Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
COLA
Cost of Living Adjustment
CPAB
Congressional and Public Affairs Branch
DAA
Drug Addiction and/or Alcoholism
DAC
Disabled Adult Child – Title II
DED
Disability Evaluation Division – the state agency
DEQY
Detailed Earnings Query – Title II
DDS
Disability Determination Service – the state agency
DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services – former SSA parent agency
DI
Disabled Individual – Title XVI
DIB
Disability Insurance Benefits – Title II
DISM
Same as DSM, the preferred acronym
DISM
Disability Insurance State Manual
DIWC
Disabled Individual, Worker or Child – Title II claim type
DJ
District Judge
DLI
Date Last Insured – Title II disability insured status
DLM
Date Last Met – same as DLI
DO
District Office – local SSA field office
DOB
Date Of Birth
DOE
Date Of Entitlement – Title II
DOT
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
DSM
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
EAJA
Equal Access to Justice Act
EOD
Established Onset of Disability
EPE
Extended Period of Eligibility – Title II
ER
Earnings Record
FBM
First Benefit Month
FBR
Federal Benefit Rate – Title XVI
FIB
Father’s Insurance Benefits – Title II
FMAX
Family Maximum – Title II benefit limit
FO
Field Office – a DO or a BO
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
GLPSC
Great Lakes Program Service Center – PC4
HA
Hearing Assistant
HALLEX
Hearings, Appeals and Litigation Law – OHO policy manual
HCFA
Health Care Finance Administration – DHHS Medicare agency
HE
Hearing Examiner – former title of ALJ
HIA
Health Insurance, Part A – Medicare
HIB
Health Insurance, Part B – Medicare
HOCALJ
Hearing Office Chief ALJ
HOA
Hearing Office Administrator
HOM
Hearing Office Manager
HOSA
Hearing Office Systems Administrator
HPI
Hearing Process “Improvement”
IAP
Interim Assistance Program – Title XVI
IAR
Interim Assistance Reimbursement – Title XVI
ICD
International Classification of Diseases
ID
Initial Determination
IEP
Initial Enrollment Periond – SMIB
IFA
Individualized Functional Assessment – former SSI child dib. standard
IME
Independent Medical Examiner – WC term
IRWE
Impairment-Related Work Expense
ISM
In-Kind Support & Maintenance – Title XVI
LMER
Last Met Earnings Requirement – same as DLI
LPC
Legal Processing Clerk
LSDP
Lump-Sum Death Payment
MA
Medical Advisor – former title of an ME
MAMPSC
Mid-America Program Service Center – PC6
MATPSC
Mid-Atlantic Program Service Center – PC2
MBR
Master Beneficiary Record – Title II
ME
Medical Expert – designated physician at the hearing level
MER
Medical Evidence of Record [also MEOR]
MIB
Mother’s Insurance Benefits – Title II
MRFC
Mental RFC
MSS
Medical Source Statement
NEPSC
NorthEastern Program Service Center – PC1
NH
Number Holder – “Wage Earner” – Title II
OARO
Office of Analytics, Review, and Oversight
OASDI
Old-Age, Survivor & Disability Insurance – Title II
OCRO
Office of Central Records Operations – Baltimore, MD – PC9
ODAR
Office of Disability, Adjudication and Review – former name of OHO
ODIO
Office of Disability & International Operations – Baltimore, MD – PC8
ODO
Office of Disability Operations – ODIO component – PC7
OGC
Office of General Counsel
OHA
Office of Hearings and Appeals – former name of OHO
OHO
Office of Hearings Operations (formerly ODAR and OHA)
OIG
Office of the Inspector General
OOH
Occupational Outlook Handbook
OP
Over-Payment
OPIR
Office of Program Integrity Review
PA
Privacy Act
PASS
Plan to Achieve Self Support – Title XVI
PCI
Payment Cycling Indicator – staggered benefit payment dates
PE
Post Entitlement – Title II
PE
Post Eligibility – Title XVI
PEBES
Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement – Title II
PIA
Primary Insurance Amount – base benefit rate
PMV
Presumed Maximum Value – Title XVI income term
POMS
Program Operations Manual System – SSA claims manual
PPD
Permanent Partial Disability – WC term
PPS
Program Policy Statement – SSR precursor
PRUCOL
Permanent Residence Under Color Of Law
PRW
Past Relevant Work
PSC
Program Service Center
QA
Quality Assurance
QC
Quarter of Coverage – Title II
QMB
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary
QME
Qualified Medical Examiner – WC term
RC
Regional Commissioner of SSA
RCALJ
Regional Chief ALJ
RFC
Residual Functional Capacity
RFH
Request For Hearing
RFR
Request for Reconsideration
RIB
Retirement Insurance Benefits – Title II
RMO
Regional Management Officer
RO
Regional Office – OHO management unit
RPO
Regional Program Officer
RRB
Railroad Retirement Board
SDI
State Disability Insurance
SDM
Single Decision Maker
SEPSC
SouthEastern Program Service Center – PC3
SEQY
Summary Earnings Query – Title II
SGA
Substantial Gainful Activity
SHA
Supervisory Hearing Assistant
SIB
Spouse’s Insurance Benefits – Title II
SLMB
Special Low-income Medicare Beneficiary
SMIB
Supplemental Medical Insurance Benefits – same as HIB
SSA
Social Security Administration
SSA
Supervisory Staff Attorney
SSDC
Social Security (Title II) and SSI (Title XVI) concurrent claim
SSDI
Social Security Disability Insurance – Title II
SSI
Supplemental Security Income – Title XVI
SSID
SSI Disability
SSID
SSI Display – computer query
SSIRD
SSI Record Display – computer query
SSLP
Social Security Law and Practice – West Group
SSP
State Supplementary Payments – optional state SSI add-on
SSPG
Social Security Practice Guide – Matthew Bender
SSRS
Social Security Reporting Service – West Group
SSR
Social Security Ruling
TTD
Temporary Total Disability – WC term
TWP
Trial Work Period – Title II
UI
Unearned Income – Title XVI
UI
Unemployment Insurance
UP
Under-Payment
USC
United States Code
USCA
United States Code Annotated
UWA
Unsuccessful Work Attempt
VE
Vocational Expert
VR
Vocational Rehabilitation
VTR
Value of the one-Third Reduction – Title XVI
WC
Worker’s Compensation
WE
Wage Earner – Title II
WIB
Widow(er)’s Insurance Benefits – Title II
WNPSC
WesterN Program Service Center – PC5
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