Social Security Administration Beneficiaries Eligible for Total and Permanent Disability Federal Student Loan Discharge

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Date Issued

Monday, November 9, 2020

Submitting OIG

Social Security Administration OIG

Other Participating OIGs

Social Security Administration OIG

Agencies Reviewed/Investigated

Social Security Administration

Report Number

A-06-17-50281

Report Description

Our objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) notified the Department of Education (ED) about all beneficiaries with medical improvement not expected (MINE) disability status who may have been eligible for total and permanent disability (TPD) Federal student loan discharge.

Report Type

Audit

Agency Wide

Yes

Number of Recommendations

Open Recommendations

This report has 1 open recommendations.

Recommendation Number	Significant Recommendation	Recommended Questioned Costs	Recommended Funds for Better Use	Additional Details
1	No	$20,276,826	$5,656,560	Agree
We recommend SSA identify all current disability beneficiaries with incorrect medical diary reason codes in the Disability Control File and take appropriate action to update/correct the errors so the matching process identifies all borrowers with medical improvement not expected status.