Background

This transmittal creates chapter I-3-2 of the Hearings, Appeals and Litigation Law (HALLEX) manual to provide guidance on case processing at the Appeals Council level.

Explanation of Content and Changes

We titled chapter I-3-2 “General Workup and Analysis Procedures” and added new sections as follows:

I-3-2-1 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-1 to this section and amended a cross-reference in subsection A.

I-3-2-3 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-9 to this section and amended cross-references in subsection B.

I-3-2-5 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-20 to this section and amended cross-references in subsection B.

I-3-2-8 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-52 to this section and amended a cross-reference.

I-3-2-9 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-101 to this section.

I-3-2-11 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-11 to this section.

I-3-2-12 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-12 to this section.

I-3-2-20 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-21 to this section.

I-3-2-21 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-7 to this section.

I-3-2-25 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-25 to this section and amended cross-references in subsections A, B and C.

I-3-2-30 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-10 to this section and amended a cross-reference in subsection B.

I-3-2-35 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-13 to this section and amended a cross-reference in subsection B.

I-3-2-40 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-16 to this section.

I-3-2-50 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-6 to this section.

I-3-2-51 – We relocated the content of HALLEX I-3-1-92 to this section.

Date: February 23, 2015