Illinois Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27, 2024) |
TITLE89. SOCIAL SERVICES |
PART855. CLAIMANT NOTIFICATION |
§855.10. Definitions
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"Bureau" means the Bureau of Disability Determination Services within the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services.
"Consultative examination" means a medical examination purchased by the Bureau from an attending physician, another source of record, or an independent source to secure additional information necessary to make a disability determination or to resolve conflicting information.
"Continuing disability review" means a review of an individual's current condition to determine if disability continues.
"Partially unfavorable disability decision" means a disability decision where the onset date for disability set by the Bureau does not agree with the onset date for disability as stated by the claimant.
"Personalized notice" means a letter to a claimant which contains a statement of the case written in understandable language, provides a discussion of the evidence and states the reason for the decision according to Public Law (P.L.) 96-265, Section 305 (The Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980).