II-6-11-3. CCOR 12 Denying a Request for More Than a 30-Day Extension of Time to Submit Exceptions Granting 30-Day EOT (Sentence 4 and 6 Court Cases)

Last Update: 9/1/05 (Transmittal II-6-13)

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

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Refer to: TAHB

[SSN]

[XSSN]

Office of Hearings and Appeals
5107 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041-3255]

[Representative's First Name, Middle Initial and Last Name]
[Address]
[City, State Zip]

Dear [Mr./Ms. [Representative's Last Name]]:

Re:

[Claimant's Name] v. Commissioner of Social Security

U.S.D.C. for the [selects District, if appropriate] District of [State] [,] [Division]

Civil Action Number [enter number]

This is about your request for more time to send us written exceptions explaining the reasons you disagree with the Administrative Law Judge's decision dated [insert date]. You asked for [insert number] days to send us exceptions.

After considering your reasons for asking for more time, the Council finds that [insert explanation why the AC is denying request for more than 30 days].

We Will Not Act For 30 Days

If you have exceptions, you must send them to us within 30 days of the date of this letter. We assume you received this letter 5 days after the date on it unless you show us that you did not receive it within the 5-day period. We will not allow more time to send exceptions except for very good reasons.

Our address and FAX number are:

ADDRESS:

Appeals Council
Office of Hearings and Appeals
ATTN: Branch [#], Suite [#]
5107 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041-3255

FAX:

[FAX #], Attn: Branch [#].

Put the Social Security Number shown at the top of this letter on your request.

If you send us anything by fax, do not send duplicates by mail. That may delay processing your claim.

What Happens Next

If we do not hear from you within 30 days, we will assume that you do not want to send us more information. We will then make our decision.

If You Have Any Questions

If you have any questions, you may call or write the Appeals Council. Our telephone number and address are shown at the top of this letter. If you do call, please have this notice with you.

 

[Name]

 

Hearings and Appeals Analyst

Enclosure:
Self-addressed envelope

cc:

[Claimant's Name]
[Address]
[City, State Zip]

[If claimant is unrepresented, letter will be addressed to claimant and “cc” will be deleted.]