Disability Insurance program: worker experience

¹ Data for claims filed in 1988-1997 reflect results as of June 1998. The number of total claims filed for 1996 and 1997 are subject to change. Data for claims filed in 1998 are preliminary estimates as of February 1999. The ultimate number of allowances and denials are subject to change until all initial decisions have been completed and all appeals are final.

² Includes cases appealed to the Office of Hearings and Appeals, as well as beyond OHA to the Federal courts.

³ Number of allowances as a percentage of decisions (allowances plus denials) at this level.

⁴ Number of appeals to the next level as a percentage of denials at this level. For years where decisions are still pending, the preliminary percentage shown could change substantially as all claims are processed.

⁵ Number of persons appealing beyond the reconsideration level.

⁶ Includes cases remanded to OHA from the Federal courts.

⁷ Number of allowances as a percentage of decisions at this level. For years where decisions are still pending, the preliminary percentage shown will ultimately be lower as all cases are processed. This is true since allowances are generally processed more quickly than denials

⁸ Includes denied claims where the final administrative action was a dismissal of an appeal request (for example, the appeal was not filed timely or the applicant failed to appear at the scheduled hearing).

Table 2.--DI Disabled Worker Disposition of Applications for Disability Benefits (Grouped by level of review, program involvement, and calendar years of filing ¹ 1988-1998)
Year of filing	Total claims filed	Initial decisions							Reconsiderations							Appeals beyond reconsideration ²
		Pending	Allowances		Denials				Pending	Allowances		Denials				Appeals beyond reconsideration ²
			Allowances		Total	No appeal	Appeals to reconsideration			Allowances		Total	No appeal	Appeals to beyond reconsideration		Pending ⁶	Allowances		Denials ⁸
			Number	Percent ³	Total	No appeal	Number	Percent ⁴		Number	Percent ³	Total	No appeal	Number ⁵	Percent ⁴	Pending ⁶	Number	Percent ⁷	Denials ⁸
	Title II only claims
1988	421,161	--	165,662	39.3	255,499	118,140	137,359	53.8	--	20,992	15.3	116,367	34,336	82,031	70.5	--	64,649	78.8	17,382
1989	432,000	--	178,643	41.4	253,357	115,472	137,885	54.4	--	21,458	15.6	116,427	31,913	84,514	72.6	--	67,970	80.4	16,544
1990	464,918	--	198,374	42.7	266,544	113,010	153,534	57.6	--	24,741	16.1	128,793	32,563	96,230	74.7	--	77,754	80.8	18,476
1991	528,856	--	239,221	45.2	289,635	115,260	174,375	60.2	--	26,623	15.3	147,752	31,713	116,039	78.5	--	95,649	82.4	20,390
1992	558,739	--	247,399	44.3	311,340	120,748	190,592	61.2	--	25,278	13.3	165,314	33,693	131,621	79.6	663	105,245	80.4	25,713
1993	571,454	--	240,038	42.0	331,416	124,820	206,596	62.3	--	27,224	13.2	179,372	35,410	143,962	80.3	2,416	112,039	79.2	29,507
1994	591,375	--	232,303	39.3	359,072	133,092	225,980	62.9	--	31,395	13.9	194,585	38,158	156,427	80.4	5,934	117,633	78.2	32,860
1995	569,886	--	222,745	39.1	347,141	128,268	218,873	63.1	--	31,494	14.4	187,379	36,580	150,799	80.5	11,455	109,696	78.7	29,648
1996	583,652	--	233,135	39.9	350,517	131,793	218,724	62.4	--	32,232	14.7	186,492	36,106	150,386	80.6	25,283	100,053	80.0	25,050
1997	539,027	2,468	221,722	41.3	314,837	122,772	192,065	61.0	7,671	26,885	14.6	157,509	30,856	126,653	80.4	57,345	57,384	82.8	11,924
1998	540,000	64,900	208,300	43.8	266,800	111,100	155,700	58.4	29,700	21,500	17.1	104,500	39,520	64,980	62.2	50,420	11,800	81.0	2,760

	Title II claims involving concurrent title XVI claims
1988	400,425	--	108,113	27.0	292,312	151,852	140,460	48.1	--	19,098	13.6	121,362	43,241	78,121	64.4	--	52,885	67.7	25,236
1989	407,553	--	117,297	28.8	290,256	149,625	140,631	48.5	--	20,310	14.4	120,321	41,021	79,300	65.9	--	55,511	70.0	23,789
1990	470,254	--	142,405	30.3	327,849	159,675	168,174	51.3	--	25,411	15.1	142,763	45,255	97,508	68.3	--	69,426	71.2	28,082
1991	568,837	--	180,398	31.7	388,439	183,945	204,494	52.6	--	29,702	14.5	174,792	51,242	123,550	70.7	--	87,064	70.5	36,486
1992	620,378	--	186,745	30.1	433,633	204,429	229,204	52.9	--	28,373	12.4	200,831	56,594	144,237	71.8	1,165	95,846	67.0	47,226
1993	672,722	--	179,164	26.6	493,558	231,014	262,544	53.2	--	30,816	11.7	231,728	65,108	166,620	71.9	4,239	104,452	64.3	57,929
1994	661,444	--	156,356	23.6	505,088	241,370	263,718	52.2	--	31,144	11.8	232,574	65,431	167,143	71.9	10,097	98,982	63.0	58,064
1995	607,797	--	142,626	23.5	465,171	226,086	239,085	51.4	--	28,830	12.1	210,255	59,228	151,027	71.8	15,567	84,292	62.2	51,168
1996	600,156	--	145,117	24.2	455,039	221,038	234,001	51.4	--	30,745	13.1	203,256	59,261	143,995	70.8	30,879	75,128	66.4	37,988
1997	501,038	2,234	126,445	25.3	372,359	186,336	186,023	50.0	7,956	20,782	11.7	157,285	41,865	115,420	73.4	59,871	39,242	70.6	16,307
1998	486,700	61,100	122,700	28.8	302,900	169,700	133,200	44.0	25,800	14,300	13.3	93,100	44,480	48,620	52.2	39,360	6,730	72.7	2,530

	Total claims
1988	821,586	--	273,775	33.3	547,811	269,992	277,819	50.7	--	40,090	14.4	237,729	77,577	160,152	67.4	--	117,534	73.4	42,618
1989	839,553	--	295,940	35.2	543,613	265,097	278,516	51.2	--	41,768	15.0	236,748	72,934	163,814	69.2	--	123,481	75.4	40,333
1990	935,172	--	340,779	36.4	594,393	272,685	321,708	54.1	--	50,152	15.6	271,556	77,818	193,738	71.3	--	147,180	76.0	46,558
1991	1,097,693	--	419,619	38.2	678,074	299,205	378,869	55.9	--	56,325	14.9	322,544	82,955	239,589	74.3	--	182,713	76.3	56,876
1992	1,179,117	--	434,144	36.8	744,973	325,177	419,796	56.4	--	53,651	12.8	366,145	90,287	275,858	75.3	1,828	201,091	73.4	72,939
1993	1,244,176	--	419,202	33.7	824,974	355,834	469,140	56.9	--	58,040	12.4	411,100	100,518	310,582	75.5	6,655	216,491	71.2	87,436
1994	1,252,819	--	388,659	31.0	864,160	374,462	489,698	56.7	--	62,539	12.8	427,159	103,589	323,570	75.7	16,031	216,615	70.4	90,924
1995	1,177,683	--	365,371	31.0	812,312	354,354	457,958	56.4	--	60,324	13.2	397,634	95,808	301,826	75.9	27,022	193,988	70.6	80,816
1996	1,183,808	--	378,252	32.0	805,556	352,831	452,725	56.2	--	62,977	13.9	389,748	95,367	294,381	75.5	56,162	175,181	73.5	63,038
1997	1,040,065	4,702	348,167	33.6	687,196	309,108	378,088	55.0	15,627	47,667	13.2	314,794	72,721	242,073	76.9	117,216	96,626	77.4	28,231
1998	1,026,700	126,000	331,000	36.7	569,700	280,800	288,900	50.7	55,500	35,800	15.3	197,600	84,000	113,600	57.5	89,780	18,530	77.8	5,290