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Social Security Administration (SSA) Almanac Data for
Disability Reconsideration Average Processing Fourth dimension
(excludes technical denials)

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This dataset contains information for fiscal years 2014 onward and is currently bachelor in the post-obit formats:

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Background

Nosotros process disability claims for benefits through two programs: the Social Security disability insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) plan. An application for disability benefits can be filed online, in the local Social Security function, or by phone. We review the application to make sure some basic requirements for disability benefits are met. In some instances, including where the not-disability requirements are not met, the claim may be turned downwardly as a technical deprival and a medical determination is not made.

If the requirements are met, we ship the disability application to the Inability Determination Services (DDS) office in the state in which the applicant resides. Using federal laws, regulations, and Agency policies and procedures, the state agency completes the disability decision for Social Security. In addition, the Social Security Assistants (SSA) reviews a sample of initial disability claims prior to a final decision. Once these actions are completed, payment is made for allowances or notices are issued for denials.

When we make decision on your claim, nosotros will ship you lot a letter explaining our decision. If you do not agree with our decision, you can appeal it. The first level of entreatment is afterthought. A reconsideration is a consummate review of your claim past someone who didn't take role in the first decision. That person will look at all the bear witness used to brand the original decision, plus any new evidence.

If yous're highly-seasoned a determination about your medical status, your reconsideration will exist handled by a process we telephone call example review. In this kind of reconsideration, we look at your case without meeting with you. But you lot have the correct to come across what's in your file before we look at your case. You can also give the states more data about your instance.

The data contained in these datasets show the overall cumulative number of elapsed days (including processing fourth dimension for transit, medical determinations, and quality review) from the date of filing through the date payment is fabricated or the denial detect is issued for all reconsideration claims that require a medical determination for fiscal years 2014 and afterward.

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Agency Plan Description

To learn more near SSA's disability programs, become to: Benefits for People with Disabilities

For more information about the reconsideration process, go to: The Appeals Process.

For a clarification of the SSA Retirement Insurance Program, become to: Retirement Benefits

To learn more about SSA's disablity program technical denials, become to: SSA's disablity plan technical denials

To learn more well-nigh SSI technical denials, go to: SSI technical denials

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Dataset Description

This dataset provides the overall cumulative number of elapsed days (including processing time for transit, medical determinations, and SSA quality review) from the engagement of filing through the date payment is made or the denial observe is issued for all afterthought claims that require a medical conclusion. The data includes annual processing fourth dimension for fiscal years 2014 and after.

The boilerplate processing time is the total number of days to process all reconsideration disability claims requiring a medical determination divided by the full number of reconsideration disability claims requiring a medical determination that we procedure during a detail financial year.

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Data Drove Description

Nosotros electronically collect elapsed time in days for every inability reconsideration case processed. We currently use our business intelligence capabilities to nowadays the data that is in our information stores.

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Financial Year (FY): The 12-calendar month period from October 1st through September 30th.

Average Processing Time (days): The average processing (elapsed) time in days for reconsideration disability claims, including combined initial Championship 2 disability and Championship XVI blind/disabled determinations, excluding technical denials, for the FY.

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