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Social Security Administration (SSA) Annual Data for
Disability Afterthought Boilerplate Processing Fourth dimension
(excludes technical denials)

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This dataset contains data for fiscal years 2014 onward and is currently available in the following formats:

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Background

Nosotros process inability claims for benefits through two programs: the Social Security inability insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. An awarding for disability benefits tin be filed online, in the local Social Security role, or by telephone. We review the awarding to make sure some bones requirements for disability benefits are met. In some instances, including where the not-inability requirements are non met, the claim may exist turned down as a technical deprival and a medical determination is non made.

If the requirements are met, we transport the disability application to the Disability Decision Services (DDS) office in the land 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 add-on, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reviews a sample of initial disability claims prior to a last determination. Once these actions are completed, payment is fabricated for allowances or notices are issued for denials.

When we brand decision on your claim, we will ship you a alphabetic character explaining our decision. If you do not agree with our determination, yous tin can appeal it. The get-go level of appeal is afterthought. A reconsideration is a complete review of your claim by someone who didn't have part in the start decision. That person will expect at all the bear witness used to make the original decision, plus any new evidence.

If you're appealing a decision about your medical status, your reconsideration will be handled by a process nosotros call example review. In this kind of reconsideration, we look at your case without coming together with you. But you lot accept the right to run into what'south in your file before we look at your case. You can likewise give u.s.a. more than information about your case.

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

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Agency Program Description

To acquire more well-nigh SSA's inability programs, become to: Benefits for People with Disabilities

For more than information well-nigh the afterthought process, become to: The Appeals Process.

For a description of the SSA Retirement Insurance Programme, go to: Retirement Benefits

To acquire more about SSA'due south disablity plan technical denials, go to: SSA's disablity program technical denials

To larn more than nigh SSI technical denials, become to: SSI technical denials

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Dataset Description

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

The average processing time is the total number of days to process all reconsideration inability claims requiring a medical determination divided by the total number of afterthought inability claims requiring a medical determination that we process during a particular fiscal year.

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Data Collection Description

We electronically collect elapsed time in days for every disability reconsideration instance processed. We currently use our business intelligence capabilities to present the information that is in our data stores.

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Data Lexicon

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

Average Processing Time (days): The average processing (elapsed) fourth dimension in days for reconsideration inability claims, including combined initial Title II inability and Title Xvi blind/disabled determinations, excluding technical denials, for the FY.

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