Originally Posted by Direwolf

I have no idea, what does it matter if its remand eligible anyway? To gain a remand you must either prevail at appeals council which is all but impossible, or pursue a civil lawsuit in a real courtroom, either way requires you to appeal the alj's decision, incidentally you must proceed through the appeals council if you wish to file a federal lawsuit anyway, a process that will likely eat up nine months more of your time.

Often as in both of my appeals council appeals, the council will just sit on your appeal for a year, then notify you that they will not review the decision no matter what, which is so outrageous it defies all rational response....

Bottom line, to garner a remand, you must proceed on through the system, a process that easily could tack on an additional 4-5 years of anguish and despair...