Where in POMS can one find the specific language that defines CDR intervals and has that language changed since 2023?
Executive summary
The Program Operations Manual System (POMS) locates the governing language for Continuing Disability Review (CDR) intervals primarily in the DI-28000-series—especially DI 28001 (introduction), DI 28005 (the CDR evaluation process), and related subsections such as DI 28010. and DI 28030.—and those pages in the SSA POMS are dated in 2023 and 2024 in the publicly available excerpts (DI 28001, DI 28005, DI 28010.035, DI 28030.020) [1] [2] [3] [4]. However, the provided documents and summaries do not contain an explicit quoted line-by-line “interval” table in the snippets supplied here, and there is no clear, citable statement in these sources that the specific interval language itself was substantively altered after 2023. The record therefore identifies where to look in POMS and shows recent updates to CDR-related guidance, but does not, within the supplied reporting, prove a post‑2023 change to an explicit statutory-style interval definition [5] [6] [7].
1. Where POMS places the rules governing CDR timing and intervals
The POMS sections that house the rules and processing instructions for CDRs sit in the DI‑28000 series: DI 28001 provides an introduction to the CDR process and its mailers (SSA forms) [1] [8], DI 28005 explains the CDR evaluation steps and adjudicator obligations [2] [9], and DI 28010 subsections address evaluating listings with minimum periods and time‑period‑based listings at CDR [3] [6], while DI 28030 covers development of medical evidence relevant to CDRs [4]. Those POMS nodes are the authoritative places an adjudicator or practitioner would consult to find POMS’ operational guidance on when and how CDRs are scheduled and processed [1] [2] [4].
2. What the supplied POMS excerpts say about timing versus content
The excerpts and summaries provided emphasize procedural steps, evaluation principles, exceptions (Group I/II), and the need to review the comparison point decision (CPD) evidence rather than re‑adjudicate the case; they include guidance on handling listings with minimum time periods and on medical evidence development, all of which inform how an interval review is evaluated—but the snippets do not extract a discrete line such as “CDR intervals are X years for condition Y.” In short, the POMS materials here define the process and substantive standards used at CDR rather than reproducing a simple interval chart in the snippets supplied [2] [3] [6] [4].
3. Have those POMS sections changed since 2023 according to these sources?
Several of the linked POMS pages carry 2023 or later timestamps in the snippets—DI 28030.020 and DI 28010.035 with 05/25/2023 dates, DI 28005.015 updated 06/21/2024, and DI 28010.029 dated 10/16/2023—indicating SSA updated or published guidance on CDR processing across 2023–2024 [4] [5] [3] [6]. Outside observers and trackers also note POMS revisions and AM (agency messages) that were codified into POMS—for example, organizations flagged collateral‑estoppel and related CDR implications captured in revised POMS sections [10] [11]. Nevertheless, none of the supplied snippets explicitly quote a change to a “specific interval” phrase or present a before/after comparison demonstrating a substantive change in interval definitions since 2023.
4. How to reconcile the public reporting with the unanswered detail
The materials available here are sufficient to point researchers to the exact POMS subchapters that contain CDR scheduling and evaluation rules (DI 28001, DI 28005, DI 28010., DI 28030.), and they show those pages were active or updated in 2023–2024 [1] [2] [3] [4]. However, to answer definitively whether the “specific language that defines CDR intervals” was changed after 2023 requires comparing the full text of those POMS pages as they existed pre‑2023 and post‑2023; the supplied reporting does not include side‑by‑side prior versions or a quoted POMS interval paragraph, so a conclusive statement about a change to interval wording cannot be supported from these sources alone [11] [7].
5. Bottom line for practitioners and researchers
Consult DI‑28000 POMS pages directly for the operative language on CDR timing and evaluation—start with DI 28001, DI 28005, DI 28010. and DI 28030.—and if the question is whether interval wording changed since 2023, retrieve archived or historical POMS snapshots (or SSA agency messages announcing changes) to perform a line‑by‑line comparison because the supplied excerpts show updates to those sections in 2023–2024 but do not themselves document a before/after textual change to a discrete “interval” clause [1] [2] [6] [4] [11].