Office Of Disability Adjudication And Review

The office of disability adjudication and review one of the largest administrative judicial systems in the world administers social security disability hearings and appeals.
Office of disability adjudication and review. 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. Administrative review for claims filed under titles ii and xvi. According to the ssa the office of disability adjudication and review odar has 10 regional offices 169 hearing offices including 7 satellite offices 5 national hearing centers and 1 national case assistance center.
The appeals council ac is the final level of ssa s. There are over 140 offices of disability adjudication and review odar across the country and over 1 100 administrative law judges conduct appeals hearings in these offices. The appeals council process.
These are the offices that are in charge of scheduling the disability hearings for social security disability applicants who are appealing a denial of their initial social security disability claim. Office of disability adjudication and review. The office of disability adjudication and review formerly called the office of hearings and appeals consists of over 160 hearings offices and 10 regional offices.
The office of disability adjudication review is a branch of the social security administration. Within these hearing offices there are 1 300 administrative law judges aljs and 7 000 support staff.