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Originally Posted by jaycee64
My attorney filed her breif on December 12, 2014 and the AC remanded and vacated the ALJ decision on December 23, 2014. I'm being told no one has ever heard of this happening before. Is this good news? Also the original ALJ is no longer on the bench
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Someone told you the AC does not remand and vacate decisions?
It is very, very common and the decision is called "de novo".
http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/hallex/I-02/I-2-8-18.html
Or, was the surprise that the decision happened so quickly? Cases from that ALJ might go to the "top of the pile" perhaps?