Office Of Disability Adjudication And Review Odar
Within the office of analytics review and oversight oaro the appeals council considers appeals from hearing decisions and acts as the final level of administrative review for the agency.
Office of disability adjudication and review odar. Information obtained from odar s electronic key workload indicator ekiwi reports. The office of hearings operations oho and the office of analytics review and oversight oaro are responsible for holding hearings issuing decisions and reviewing post hearing appeals for claims filed under titles ii and xvi of the social security act as amended. Request for review workload fy 2008 when an alj issues any decision unfavorable or favorable or a dismissal the claimant has 60 days to request a review by the ac.
Under the office of hearings operations oho administrative law judges alj conduct hearings and issue decisions. The office of disability adjudication and review odar is responsible for holding hearings and issuing decisions as part of the social security administration s process for determining whether or not a person may receive benefits. The average case processing time in missouri is 407 days.
Odar has over 160 hearing offices located in most major cities across the nation. The office of disability adjudication and review odar conducts social security disability ssd hearings and supplemental security income ssi hearings in 6 different offices in missouri. If the odar office is willing schedule video conferences.
Each odar is responsible for holding hearings for disability claims that been denied by the local offices within it s jurisdiction. The office of hearings operations oho has 10 regional offices overseeing 163 hearing offices and 3 satellite hearing offices. Information about ssa s hearings and appeals operations.
Currently in missouri the average wait time for a ssi or ssd hearing is 11 5 months. The second and third steps of the appeals process are under the jurisdiction of the office of disability adjudication and review. Its purpose is to review social security disability claims which have been denied.
One central office for the national hearing centers national case assistance centers nhcs ncacs that oversees 5 national hearing centers 2 nhc satellite offices and 5. At this point your case is forwarded to odar. Currently in charleston sc the average wait time for a ssi or ssd hearing is 8 months.