---
title: "Build the Social Security and VA decision and appeal-deadline register"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/build-the-centrelink-or-dva-decision-debt-and-review-deadline-register/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A56-N20261018-1-US"
practice_area: "Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build the Social Security and VA decision and appeal-deadline register

> Extract from each decision letter the date of the letter, the benefit, the outcome and any deadline printed on the letter, and leave a blank where the letter does not state a date.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/build-the-centrelink-or-dva-decision-debt-and-review-deadline-register/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Extract from each decision letter the date of the letter, the benefit, the outcome and any deadline printed on the letter, and leave a blank where the letter does not state a date. |
| What the lawyer must review | Social Security has four appeal steps: reconsideration, a hearing, Appeals Council review, and a federal district court action. A request for reconsideration must be filed in writing within 60 days after the date the person receives notice of the initial determination, unless the period is extended for good cause under 20 C.F.R. § 404.911. Judicial review under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) is a civil action commenced within 60 days after the mailing of the notice, or any further time the Commissioner allows. A VA Board Appeal is requested within 1 year of the date on the decision letter for an initial claim, a Supplemental Claim or a Higher-Level Review, and within 60 days for a contested claim. You check every date against the letter before anyone relies on the register. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build the Centrelink or DVA decision, debt and review-deadline register](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/build-the-centrelink-or-dva-decision-debt-and-review-deadline-register.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Extract from each decision letter the date of the letter, the benefit, the outcome and any deadline printed on the letter, and leave a blank where the letter does not state a date.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not use Centrelink, DVA or Administrative Review Tribunal time limits on a United States file.
- SSI uses a parallel reconsideration rule. Open it if the letter is an SSI letter. Section 404.909 is the Title II rule read for this version.

## Sources

- [Social Security Administration: Appeal a decision we made](https://www.ssa.gov/apply/appeal-decision-we-made) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [20 C.F.R. § 404.909, How to request reconsideration](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-20/chapter-III/part-404/subpart-J/section-404.909) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [42 U.S.C. § 405(g), judicial review](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/405) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [VA: Board Appeals](https://www.va.gov/decision-reviews/board-appeal/) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Centrelink decision and review deadline register](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/centrelink-review-deadline-register.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A register of a Centrelink decision, the Authorised Review Officer step, and the different Administrative Review Tribunal time limits stated by Services Australia and by the Tribunal. |
| [Application for first review of a Centrelink decision (Administrative Review Tribunal): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/form-art-centrelink-first-review.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Tribunal's first review form for Centrelink decisions, with a guide to the Authorised Review Officer step, the decisions the Tribunal can change, reasons, signatures and consent to… |
| [Explanation or formal review of a decision (SS351)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/form-services-australia-ss351-review.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Services Australia form SS351, the explanation or formal review of a decision form. ABSTUDY and Assistance for Isolated Children use form SY054. |
| [Request for formal review of a Centrelink decision by an Authorised Review Officer (letter and submission)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/formal-review-request-authorised-review-officer.md) | Letter | Yellow | Advocate's letter asking Services Australia for formal review of a Centrelink decision by an Authorised Review Officer: the decision, why it is wrong, the evidence, a request to pause debt… |
| [Application for second review of a Tribunal decision (Administrative Review Tribunal, Centrelink and child support): guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/form-art-second-review.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Tribunal's second review form, with a guide to which first review decisions it covers, the usual 28-day time limit and extension of time, the reasons section, and no fee. |
| [ABSTUDY and AIC explanation or formal review (SY054)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/form-services-australia-sy054-abstudy-review.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Services Australia form SY054. The page says it is the explanation or formal review form for an ABSTUDY or Assistance for Isolated Children decision. |
| [Application for review of a veterans' entitlements or military compensation decision (Administrative Review Tribunal): guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/form-art-veterans-entitlements-review.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Tribunal's veterans' entitlements page and application, with a guide to which decisions it can review, the earlier review steps (Veterans' Review Board, Repatriation Commission, MRCC),… |
| [Request to Services Australia for a client's records and the debt calculation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/request-for-centrelink-records-and-debt-calculation.md) | Letter | Yellow | Letter requesting a client's Centrelink records under Services Australia's administrative access scheme, with the client's consent: payment history, income details, the debt schedule and… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*