2013 Annual Report of the SSI Program

D. HISTORICAL REDETERMINATION AND CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEW DATA

1. Redeterminations

Redeterminations are reviews of all of the nonmedical factors of eligibility to determine whether a recipient is still eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and still receiving the correct payment amount. There are two types of redeterminations: scheduled and unscheduled. All recipients are subject to periodic scheduling for a redetermination. Every year the Social Security Administration (SSA) schedules redeterminations for the cases most likely to have payment error, but the agency can also schedule reviews for cases unlikely to have payment error. SSA completes unscheduled redeterminations on an as-needed basis when recipients report, or we discover, certain changes in circumstances that could affect the continuing SSI payment amount. The numbers of redeterminations completed fluctuate from year to year due to variation in: (1) the numbers of unscheduled redeterminations completed; and (2) the numbers of scheduled redeterminations that we are able to complete during the fiscal year because of limitations on administrative resources and the impact of other workload requirements on the field offices. Redeterminations that we cannot complete in the scheduled fiscal year carry over into the next fiscal year.

Between scheduled redeterminations, SSA uses the limited issue process to detect situations that have the potential to affect the continuing eligibility of SSI recipients and SSI payment amounts. SSA conducts periodic computer matches between its own systems and the systems of other Federal and State agencies to determine if the income and resources information on SSI recipients’ records conflicts with data that we obtain from the other systems. We post an indicator to the individual’s Supplemental Security Record when a match detects conflicting information. We select these limited issue cases for field office review of the issues for which we posted indicators. Beginning in fiscal year 2007, SSA included limited issue completions with redetermination completions.

Table V.D1 provides historical data on numbers of redeterminations and limited issues by fiscal year.

 

Table V.D1.—SSI Redeterminations^a and Limited Issues Completed, Fiscal Years 1986‑2012

[In thousands]

	Numbers of completions
Fiscal year	Redeterminations	Limited issues	Total
1986	2,278	b	b
1987	2,244	b	b
1988	1,997	b	b
1989	2,226	b	b
1990	2,103	b	b
1991	2,138	b	b
1992	2,321	b	b
1993	2,223	b	b
1994	c  1,900	b	b
1995	d 1,597	b	b
1996	1,763	b	b
1997	1,773	b	b
1998	1,853	b	b
1999	2,122	751	2,873
2000	2,182	582	2,764
2001	2,316	589	2,905
2002	2,311	582	2,894
2003	2,450	472	2,921
2004	2,279	248	2,527
2005	e 1,725	737	2,462
2006	e 1,071	348	1,418
2007	e 692	346	1,039
2008	e 900	321	1,221
2009	e 1,390	341	1,731
2010	2,248	218	2,466
2011	f 2,223	f 234	f 2,457
2012	2,408	216	2,624

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a

Effective fiscal year 2007, total redeterminations reported by SSA include limited issues.

b

Data not available.

c

Decrease in number of redeterminations completed in fiscal year 1994 due to low-error profile redeterminations not being completed from January through September 1994.

d

Effective fiscal year 1995, we selected approximately 200,000 fewer redeterminations annually due to a change from a 3-year to a 6-year redetermination cycle for low-error profile cases.

e

We selected fewer redeterminations in fiscal years 2005-09 due to limitations on administrative funding.

f

Includes redeterminations completed during the 53 operating weeks in fiscal year 2011.

2. Continuing Disability Reviews

Following enactment of the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980, section 221(i) of the Social Security Act generally requires SSA to review the continuing eligibility of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) disabled beneficiaries at least every 3 years. No legislation required the same review process for disabled SSI recipients at that time. Although the Committee on Finance of the Senate stated in its report on this legislation that the same continuing disability review (CDR) procedures should apply to both the OASDI and SSI programs, no new legislation amended Title XVI to accomplish this. Section 1614(a)(4) of the Act gives SSA discretionary authority to conduct periodic CDRs on SSI recipients. On September 28, 1994, SSA issued a Federal Register notice that periodic SSI CDRs would begin on October 1, 1994. In 1994 and again in 1996 Congress enacted new legislation adding some mandates for CDRs under the SSI program.

Public Law 103-296 required SSA to conduct CDRs on a minimum of 100,000 SSI recipients during each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998. In addition, during the same period, the law required SSA to redetermine the eligibility of at least one-third of all SSI child recipients who reached age 18 after April 1995 within one year of attainment of age 18. Such redeterminations for persons turning age 18 could count toward the 100,000 CDRs required by the law.

Public Law 104-193 required SSA to redetermine the eligibility of all SSI child recipients who attain age 18 based on the adult initial eligibility criteria. This law also required that SSA perform a CDR:

•	At least once every 3 years for SSI recipients under age 18 who are eligible by reason of an impairment that is likely to improve; and

•	Not later than 12 months after birth for recipients whose low birth weight is a contributing factor material to the determination of their disability.

Public Law 105-33 provided SSA some additional flexibility in the scheduling of these categories of CDRs.

Beginning in 1993, SSA developed a screening process for OASDI cases scheduled for a CDR in order to handle the large CDR workload mandated by these various provisions. The screening process included a mailer questionnaire for selected cases. In 1996, SSA extended the profiling process to SSI adults who were scheduled for a CDR. In fiscal year 2012, we deferred full medical reviews for 392,960 adult SSI recipients scheduled for a CDR as a result of the screening process.

In 2007, SSA implemented a streamlined failure to cooperate (FTC) process for medical CDRs. Under this process, recipients who fail to comply with the field office requests for information necessary for processing their medical CDRs have their benefits suspended. After 12 consecutive months of suspension for noncompliance, SSA terminates their eligibility for disability benefits. SSA initially terminated 1,134 centrally-initiated medical CDRs involving SSI recipients in fiscal year 2012 as a result of the streamlined FTC process.

For individuals who receive both OASDI and SSI benefits on the basis of their own disability, SSA initiates CDRs as Title II CDRs, and the results of the review affect eligibility for benefits under both programs.¹ Table V.D2 presents the numbers of centrally-initiated periodic medical CDRs of SSI recipients we performed under Titles II and XVI since 1993. Tables V.D3 and V.D4 present the latest available detailed results² on CDRs of SSI recipients performed in the most recent 15 years.³ These tables include only cases for which we conducted a full medical review. In particular, they do not include:

•	Cases for which the individual completed a mailer but for which we deferred a full medical review;

•	Administrative closures — cases for which we curtail development for technical reasons;

•	Streamlined FTC terminations;

•	CDRs initiated as the result of work activity on the part of the beneficiary/recipient; and

•	Miscellaneous other CDRs processed by the State disability determination services (DDS) but not as part of the normal CDR scheduling process (such as voluntary and third-party reports of medical improvement, post-transplant end-stage renal disease cases, and rehabilitation reports).

In contrast with the allowance data presented in section V.C, we tabulate the CDR data on a cohort basis by the date of initial decision.

 

Table V.D2.—SSI Continuing Disability Full Medical Reviews by Year of Initial Decision, Fiscal Years 1993-2012

[In thousands]

Fiscal year of initial DDS decision	Disabled adults			Disabled children				Total full medical reviews
	Reviews of concurrent Title II/XVI cases initiated under Title II	Title XVI initiated reviews	Total SSI adult reviews	Reviews of low-birth-weight children	Redeterminations at age 18	All other reviews of SSI disabled children	Total SSI children reviews
1993	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
1994	11	—	11	1	—	—	1	12
1995	17	4	21	4	a	4	8	29
1996	27	55	82	6	13	1	19	101
1997	51	70	121	7	49	a	56	177
1998	81	75	156	18	41	91	150	306
1999	81	140	221	10	50	183	243	464
2000	106	173	279	10	52	141	203	482
2001	110	144	254	9	49	96	154	408
2002	104	173	276	13	55	164	231	508
2003	72	213	285	7	54	127	189	474
2004	85	221	306	12	53	103	169	474
2005	81	110	191	14	55	61	130	321
2006	72	41	112	8	41	19	68	181
2007	26	18	45	3	71	4	79	124
2008	40	19	59	5	69	5	79	138
2009	42	29	71	13	101	11	124	195
2010	40	35	74	22	87	17	126	201
2011	38	33	71	19	93	25	138	209
2012	51	46	97	16	82	65	163	260

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a

Fewer than 500.

 

Table V.D3.—SSI Disabled Adult Reviews: Disposition  a  of Continuing Disability Medical Reviews by Year of
Initial Decision  and Level of Decision, Fiscal Years 1998-2012

Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b	Initial decisions
	Total initial DDS decisions	Continuations		Cessations		Appeals to reconsideration
		Number	Percent  c	Number	Percent  c	Number	Percent  d
Reviews of concurrent Title II/XVI cases initiated under Title II
1998	81,185	68,533	84.4	12,652	15.6	8,723	68.9
1999	80,816	70,353	87.1	10,463	12.9	6,201	59.3
2000	105,787	93,962	88.8	11,825	11.2	6,851	57.9
2001	110,341	99,666	90.3	10,675	9.7	6,291	58.9
2002	103,947	92,069	88.6	11,878	11.4	7,087	59.7
2003	72,175	63,021	87.3	9,154	12.7	5,443	59.5
2004	84,622	75,047	88.7	9,575	11.3	5,891	61.5
2005	80,597	70,687	87.7	9,910	12.3	5,927	59.8
2006	71,825	63,789	88.8	8,036	11.2	4,776	59.4
2007	26,469	22,893	86.5	3,576	13.5	2,155	60.3
2008	40,045	35,891	89.6	4,154	10.4	2,659	64.0
2009	41,609	38,238	91.9	3,371	8.1	2,217	65.8
2010	39,908	35,879	89.9	4,029	10.1	2,738	68.0
2011	37,799	33,194	87.8	4,605	12.2	3,305	71.8
2012	50,715	43,409	85.6	7,306	14.4	5,308	72.7
Title XVI initiated reviews
1998	75,071	64,829	86.4	10,242	13.6	7,239	70.7
1999	140,429	125,079	89.1	15,350	10.9	10,292	67.0
2000	173,470	156,065	90.0	17,405	10.0	10,923	62.8
2001	143,902	126,610	88.0	17,292	12.0	10,262	59.3
2002	172,527	150,837	87.4	21,690	12.6	13,314	61.4
2003	213,212	191,061	89.6	22,151	10.4	14,665	66.2
2004	221,129	199,938	90.4	21,191	9.6	14,627	69.0
2005	110,072	97,330	88.4	12,742	11.6	8,125	63.8
2006	40,605	35,957	88.6	4,648	11.4	2,853	61.4
2007	18,172	16,006	88.1	2,166	11.9	1,426	65.8
2008	18,933	17,049	90.0	1,884	10.0	1,268	67.3
2009	29,137	27,233	93.5	1,904	6.5	1,378	72.4
2010	34,575	31,766	91.9	2,809	8.1	2,049	72.9
2011	33,460	30,291	90.5	3,169	9.5	2,413	76.1
2012	46,439	39,954	86.0	6,485	14.0	4,831	74.5
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
1998	156,256	133,362	85.3	22,894	14.7	15,962	69.7
1999	221,245	195,432	88.3	25,813	11.7	16,493	63.9
2000	279,257	250,027	89.5	29,230	10.5	17,774	60.8
2001	254,243	226,276	89.0	27,967	11.0	16,553	59.2
2002	276,474	242,906	87.9	33,568	12.1	20,401	60.8
2003	285,387	254,082	89.0	31,305	11.0	20,108	64.2
2004	305,751	274,985	89.9	30,766	10.1	20,518	66.7
2005	190,669	168,017	88.1	22,652	11.9	14,052	62.0
2006	112,430	99,746	88.7	12,684	11.3	7,629	60.1
2007	44,641	38,899	87.1	5,742	12.9	3,581	62.4
2008	58,978	52,940	89.8	6,038	10.2	3,927	65.0
2009	70,746	65,471	92.5	5,275	7.5	3,595	68.2
2010	74,483	67,645	90.8	6,838	9.2	4,787	70.0
2011	71,259	63,485	89.1	7,774	10.9	5,718	73.6
2012	97,154	83,363	85.8	13,791	14.2	10,139	73.5

 

Table V.D3.—SSI Disabled Adult Reviews: Dispositiona of Continuing Disability Medical Reviews by Year of
Initial Decision  and Level of Decision, Fiscal Years 1998-2012 (Cont.)

Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b	Reconsiderations						Appeals beyond reconsideration e
	Pending	Continuations		Cessations	Appeals  to  beyond  reconsideration		Pending	Continuations		Cessations
		Number	Percent  c		Number  f	Percent  d		Number	Percent
Reviews of concurrent Title II/XVI cases initiated under Title II
1998	—	5,503	63.1	3,220	2,466	76.6	—	1,158	47.0	1,308
1999	—	3,974	64.1	2,227	1,542	69.2	—	679	44.0	863
2000	—	4,427	64.6	2,424	1,556	64.2	—	659	42.4	897
2001	—	4,177	66.4	2,114	1,240	58.7	—	496	40.0	744
2002	—	4,787	67.5	2,300	1,451	63.1	—	594	40.9	857
2003	—	3,575	65.7	1,868	1,179	63.1	—	482	40.9	697
2004	—	3,779	64.1	2,112	1,413	66.9	—	594	42.0	819
2005	—	3,827	64.6	2,100	1,492	71.0	—	652	43.7	840
2006	—	3,038	63.6	1,738	1,279	73.6	—	567	44.3	712
2007	—	1,461	67.8	694	531	76.5	—	232	43.7	299
2008	—	1,789	67.3	870	679	78.0	—	284	41.8	395
2009	9	1,510	68.4	698	559	80.1	1	201	36.0	357
2010	146	1,756	67.7	836	627	75.0	41	187	31.9	399
2011	540	1,761	63.7	1,004	702	69.9	313	106	27.2	283
2012	1,738	2,421	67.8	1,149	683	59.4	606	17	22.1	60
Title XVI initiated reviews
1998	—	4,527	62.5	2,712	1,987	73.3	—	781	39.3	1,206
1999	—	6,610	64.2	3,682	2,508	68.1	—	973	38.8	1,535
2000	—	6,823	62.5	4,100	2,778	67.8	—	1,057	38.0	1,721
2001	—	6,224	60.7	4,038	2,618	64.8	—	934	35.7	1,684
2002	—	8,160	61.3	5,154	3,323	64.5	—	1,110	33.4	2,213
2003	—	9,656	65.8	5,009	3,335	66.6	—	1,232	36.9	2,103
2004	—	9,404	64.3	5,223	3,743	71.7	—	1,455	38.9	2,288
2005	—	5,233	64.4	2,892	2,052	71.0	—	772	37.6	1,280
2006	—	1,805	63.3	1,048	746	71.2	—	284	38.1	462
2007	—	963	67.5	463	342	73.9	—	151	44.2	191
2008	1	866	68.4	401	302	75.3	—	118	39.1	184
2009	2	995	72.3	381	285	74.8	1	96	33.8	188
2010	95	1,417	72.5	537	423	78.8	20	130	32.3	273
2011	381	1,484	73.0	548	409	74.6	167	72	29.8	170
2012	1,409	2,327	68.0	1,095	683	62.4	604	28	35.4	51
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
1998	—	10,030	62.8	5,932	4,453	75.1	—	1,939	43.5	2,514
1999	—	10,584	64.2	5,909	4,050	68.5	—	1,652	40.8	2,398
2000	—	11,250	63.3	6,524	4,334	66.4	—	1,716	39.6	2,618
2001	—	10,401	62.8	6,152	3,858	62.7	—	1,430	37.1	2,428
2002	—	12,947	63.5	7,454	4,774	64.0	—	1,704	35.7	3,070
2003	—	13,231	65.8	6,877	4,514	65.6	—	1,714	38.0	2,800
2004	—	13,183	64.3	7,335	5,156	70.3	—	2,049	39.7	3,107
2005	—	9,060	64.5	4,992	3,544	71.0	—	1,424	40.2	2,120
2006	—	4,843	63.5	2,786	2,025	72.7	—	851	42.0	1,174
2007	—	2,424	67.7	1,157	873	75.5	—	383	43.9	490
2008	1	2,655	67.6	1,271	981	77.2	—	402	41.0	579
2009	11	2,505	69.9	1,079	844	78.2	2	297	35.3	545
2010	241	3,173	69.8	1,373	1,050	76.5	61	317	32.1	672
2011	921	3,245	67.6	1,552	1,111	71.6	480	178	28.2	453
2012	3,147	4,748	67.9	2,244	1,366	60.9	1,210	45	28.8	111

Table V.D3.—SSI Disabled Adult Reviews: Disposition   a  of Continuing Disability Medical Reviews by Year of
Initial Decision  and Level of Decision, Fiscal Years 1998-2012 (Cont.)

Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b	Total initial decisions	Selected summary case information by decision status as of February 2013
		Numbers of cases			Numbers as a percentage of total initial decisions
		Continuations	Cessations pending an appeal decision	Cessations with no appeal pending	Continuations	Cessations pending an appeal decision	Cessations with no appeal pending
Reviews of concurrent Title II/XVI cases initiated under Title II
1998	81,185	75,194	—	5,991	92.6	—	7.4
1999	80,816	75,006	—	5,810	92.8	—	7.2
2000	105,787	99,048	—	6,739	93.6	—	6.4
2001	110,341	104,339	—	6,002	94.6	—	5.4
2002	103,947	97,450	—	6,497	93.7	—	6.3
2003	72,175	67,078	—	5,097	92.9	—	7.1
2004	84,622	79,420	—	5,202	93.9	—	6.1
2005	80,597	75,166	—	5,431	93.3	—	6.7
2006	71,825	67,394	—	4,431	93.8	—	6.2
2007	26,469	24,586	—	1,883	92.9	—	7.1
2008	40,045	37,964	—	2,081	94.8	—	5.2
2009	41,609	39,949	10	1,650	96.0	g	4.0
2010	39,908	37,822	187	1,899	94.8	0.5	4.8
2011	37,799	35,061	853	1,885	92.8	2.3	5.0
2012	50,715	45,847	2,344	2,524	90.4	4.6	5.0
Title XVI initiated reviews
1998	75,071	70,137	—	4,934	93.4	—	6.6
1999	140,429	132,662	—	7,767	94.5	—	5.5
2000	173,470	163,945	—	9,525	94.5	—	5.5
2001	143,902	133,768	—	10,134	93.0	—	7.0
2002	172,527	160,107	—	12,420	92.8	—	7.2
2003	213,212	201,949	—	11,263	94.7	—	5.3
2004	221,129	210,797	—	10,332	95.3	—	4.7
2005	110,072	103,335	—	6,737	93.9	—	6.1
2006	40,605	38,046	—	2,559	93.7	—	6.3
2007	18,172	17,120	—	1,052	94.2	—	5.8
2008	18,933	18,033	1	899	95.2	g	4.7
2009	29,137	28,324	3	810	97.2	g	2.8
2010	34,575	33,313	115	1,147	96.3	.3	3.3
2011	33,460	31,847	548	1,065	95.2	1.6	3.2
2012	46,439	42,309	2,013	2,117	91.1	4.3	4.6
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
1998	156,256	145,331	—	10,925	93.0	—	7.0
1999	221,245	207,668	—	13,577	93.9	—	6.1
2000	279,257	262,993	—	16,264	94.2	—	5.8
2001	254,243	238,107	—	16,136	93.7	—	6.3
2002	276,474	257,557	—	18,917	93.2	—	6.8
2003	285,387	269,027	—	16,360	94.3	—	5.7
2004	305,751	290,217	—	15,534	94.9	—	5.1
2005	190,669	178,501	—	12,168	93.6	—	6.4
2006	112,430	105,440	—	6,990	93.8	—	6.2
2007	44,641	41,706	—	2,935	93.4	—	6.6
2008	58,978	55,997	1	2,980	94.9	g	5.1
2009	70,746	68,273	13	2,460	96.5	g	3.5
2010	74,483	71,135	302	3,046	95.5	.4	4.1
2011	71,259	66,908	1,401	2,950	93.9	2.0	4.1
2012	97,154	88,156	4,357	4,641	90.7	4.5	4.8

a Data reflect results as of February 2013. The ultimate numbers of continuations and cessations are subject to change until all appeals are final.

b For years prior to 1998 see the most recent Annual Report of Continuing Disability Reviews.

c Percentage of decisions at this level.

d Percentage of cessations at this level appealed to next level.

e We do not reflect the status and disposition of cases in the Federal courts here. However, we have included information on the status and disposition at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) for cases remanded to us by the courts. The excluded experience in the Federal courts has a minimal impact on the number of cont­inuations.

f Number of persons appealing beyond the reconsideration level.

g Less than 0.05 percent.

 

Table V.D4.—SSI Disabled Child Reviews: Disposition  a  of Continuing Disability Medical Reviews by Year of
Initial Decision  and Level of Decision, Fiscal Years 1998-2012

Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b	Initial decisions
	Total initial DDS decisions	Continuations		Cessations		Appeals to reconsideration
		Number	Percent  c	Number	Percent  c	Number	Percent  d
Reviews of low-birth-weight children
1998	17,620	6,092	34.6	11,528	65.4	3,640	31.6
1999	9,773	4,114	42.1	5,659	57.9	1,639	29.0
2000	10,178	4,566	44.9	5,612	55.1	1,561	27.8
2001	9,086	4,152	45.7	4,934	54.3	1,403	28.4
2002	12,732	5,869	46.1	6,863	53.9	1,953	28.5
2003	7,283	3,516	48.3	3,767	51.7	1,026	27.2
2004	12,060	6,075	50.4	5,985	49.6	1,782	29.8
2005	13,710	6,540	47.7	7,170	52.3	1,995	27.8
2006	8,303	4,030	48.5	4,273	51.5	1,229	28.8
2007	3,175	1,368	43.1	1,807	56.9	510	28.2
2008	5,272	2,231	42.3	3,041	57.7	924	30.4
2009	12,511	5,741	45.9	6,770	54.1	2,121	31.3
2010	22,396	9,048	40.4	13,348	59.6	4,638	34.7
2011	19,359	7,608	39.3	11,751	60.7	4,323	36.8
2012	16,416	6,487	39.5	9,929	60.5	3,632	36.6
Redeterminations at age 18
1998	40,945	21,453	52.4	19,492	47.6	10,915	56.0
1999	49,557	27,413	55.3	22,144	44.7	10,879	49.1
2000	51,713	28,863	55.8	22,850	44.2	11,021	48.2
2001	48,944	28,167	57.5	20,777	42.5	10,049	48.4
2002	54,947	32,388	58.9	22,559	41.1	11,549	51.2
2003	53,905	31,862	59.1	22,043	40.9	11,742	53.3
2004	53,232	31,890	59.9	21,342	40.1	11,585	54.3
2005	55,331	31,434	56.8	23,897	43.2	12,403	51.9
2006	40,640	21,796	53.6	18,844	46.4	9,340	49.6
2007	71,359	36,339	50.9	35,020	49.1	17,775	50.8
2008	69,430	34,547	49.8	34,883	50.2	17,658	50.6
2009	100,986	51,712	51.2	49,274	48.8	27,505	55.8
2010	87,310	41,545	47.6	45,765	52.4	25,714	56.2
2011	93,256	42,772	45.9	50,484	54.1	29,405	58.2
2012	81,568	36,585	44.9	44,983	55.1	25,648	57.0
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
1998	91,157	67,203	73.7	23,954	26.3	13,267	55.4
1999	183,211	129,420	70.6	53,791	29.4	28,410	52.8
2000	140,699	106,583	75.8	34,116	24.2	17,014	49.9
2001	95,835	72,896	76.1	22,939	23.9	11,808	51.5
2002	163,768	130,434	79.6	33,334	20.4	17,888	53.7
2003	127,444	100,522	78.9	26,922	21.1	14,876	55.3
2004	103,437	80,748	78.1	22,689	21.9	12,852	56.6
2005	61,387	45,597	74.3	15,790	25.7	8,400	53.2
2006	19,384	14,428	74.4	4,956	25.6	2,591	52.3
2007	4,440	3,161	71.2	1,279	28.8	668	52.2
2008	4,707	3,473	73.8	1,234	26.2	671	54.4
2009	10,637	8,355	78.5	2,282	21.5	1,206	52.8
2010	16,677	12,501	75.0	4,176	25.0	2,230	53.4
2011	25,166	17,157	68.2	8,009	31.8	4,608	57.5
2012	64,834	41,269	63.7	23,565	36.3	14,543	61.7
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
1998	149,722	94,748	63.3	54,974	36.7	27,822	50.6
1999	242,541	160,947	66.4	81,594	33.6	40,928	50.2
2000	202,590	140,012	69.1	62,578	30.9	29,596	47.3
2001	153,865	105,215	68.4	48,650	31.6	23,260	47.8
2002	231,447	168,691	72.9	62,756	27.1	31,390	50.0
2003	188,632	135,900	72.0	52,732	28.0	27,644	52.4
2004	168,729	118,713	70.4	50,016	29.6	26,219	52.4
2005	130,428	83,571	64.1	46,857	35.9	22,798	48.7
2006	68,327	40,254	58.9	28,073	41.1	13,160	46.9
2007	78,974	40,868	51.7	38,106	48.3	18,953	49.7
2008	79,409	40,251	50.7	39,158	49.3	19,253	49.2
2009	124,134	65,808	53.0	58,326	47.0	30,832	52.9
2010	126,383	63,094	49.9	63,289	50.1	32,582	51.5
2011	137,781	67,537	49.0	70,244	51.0	38,336	54.6
2012	162,818	84,341	51.8	78,477	48.2	43,823	55.8

Table V.D4.—SSI Disabled Child Reviews: Disposition  a  of Continuing Disability Medical Reviews by Year of
Initial Decision and Level of Decision, Fiscal Years 1998-2012 (Cont.)

Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b	Reconsiderations						Appeals beyond reconsideration  e
	Pending	Continuations		Cessations	Appeals  to  beyond  reconsideration		Pending	Continuations		Cessations
		Number	Percent  c		Number  f	Percent  d		Number	Percent
Reviews of low-birth-weight children
1998	—	1,231	33.8	2,409	1,142	47.4	—	244	21.4	898
1999	—	607	37.0	1,032	488	47.3	—	83	17.0	405
2000	—	609	39.0	952	452	47.5	—	99	21.9	353
2001	—	504	35.9	899	405	45.1	—	61	15.1	344
2002	—	698	35.7	1,255	549	43.7	—	112	20.4	437
2003	—	364	35.5	662	301	45.5	—	60	19.9	241
2004	—	643	36.1	1,139	554	48.6	—	84	15.2	470
2005	—	702	35.2	1,293	626	48.4	—	104	16.6	522
2006	—	421	34.3	808	415	51.4	—	78	18.8	337
2007	—	173	33.9	337	189	56.1	—	37	19.6	152
2008	—	264	28.6	660	361	54.7	—	64	17.7	297
2009	34	592	28.4	1,495	863	57.7	10	149	17.5	704
2010	377	1,190	27.9	3,071	1,708	55.6	167	223	14.5	1,318
2011	955	1,056	31.4	2,312	1,232	53.3	515	94	13.1	623
2012	1,703	738	38.3	1,191	478	40.1	423	5	9.1	50
Redeterminations at age 18
1998	—	3,070	28.1	7,845	4,388	55.9	—	1,026	23.4	3,362
1999	—	3,356	30.8	7,523	4,304	57.2	—	1,059	24.6	3,245
2000	—	3,575	32.4	7,446	4,034	54.2	—	1,017	25.2	3,017
2001	—	3,256	32.4	6,793	3,723	54.8	—	969	26.0	2,754
2002	—	3,819	33.1	7,730	4,125	53.4	—	1,100	26.7	3,025
2003	—	3,818	32.5	7,924	4,295	54.2	—	1,146	26.7	3,149
2004	—	3,531	30.5	8,054	4,646	57.7	—	1,298	27.9	3,348
2005	—	3,757	30.3	8,646	5,134	59.4	—	1,435	28.0	3,699
2006	—	2,582	27.6	6,758	4,129	61.1	—	1,219	29.5	2,910
2007	2	4,793	27.0	12,980	8,276	63.8	4	2,431	29.4	5,841
2008	10	5,091	28.8	12,557	8,365	66.6	14	2,214	26.5	6,137
2009	367	7,047	26.0	20,091	13,273	66.1	220	3,131	24.0	9,922
2010	1,801	5,994	25.1	17,919	11,504	64.2	853	2,189	20.6	8,462
2011	6,242	6,430	27.8	16,733	9,910	59.2	3,974	1,095	18.4	4,841
2012	11,487	4,527	32.0	9,634	4,505	46.8	3,843	134	20.2	528
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
1998	—	4,456	33.6	8,811	5,511	62.5	—	1,305	23.7	4,206
1999	—	9,324	32.8	19,086	11,711	61.4	—	2,615	22.3	9,096
2000	—	6,434	37.8	10,580	6,237	59.0	—	1,427	22.9	4,810
2001	—	4,619	39.1	7,189	4,257	59.2	—	955	22.4	3,302
2002	—	7,238	40.5	10,650	6,155	57.8	—	1,372	22.3	4,783
2003	—	6,248	42.0	8,628	4,996	57.9	—	1,149	23.0	3,847
2004	—	4,871	37.9	7,981	4,943	61.9	—	1,181	23.9	3,762
2005	—	3,121	37.2	5,279	3,326	63.0	—	769	23.1	2,557
2006	—	943	36.4	1,648	1,089	66.1	—	268	24.6	821
2007	—	269	40.3	399	264	66.2	—	80	30.3	184
2008	—	252	37.6	419	259	61.8	—	58	22.4	201
2009	8	506	42.2	692	446	64.5	4	90	20.4	352
2010	173	764	37.1	1,293	862	66.7	60	131	16.3	671
2011	1,123	1,292	37.1	2,193	1,363	62.2	595	143	18.6	625
2012	7,171	2,920	39.6	4,452	2,239	50.3	2,075	27	16.5	137
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
1998	—	8,757	31.5	19,065	11,041	57.9	—	2,575	23.3	8,466
1999	—	13,287	32.5	27,641	16,503	59.7	—	3,757	22.8	12,746
2000	—	10,618	35.9	18,978	10,723	56.5	—	2,543	23.7	8,180
2001	—	8,379	36.0	14,881	8,385	56.3	—	1,985	23.7	6,400
2002	—	11,755	37.4	19,635	10,829	55.2	—	2,584	23.9	8,245
2003	—	10,430	37.7	17,214	9,592	55.7	—	2,355	24.6	7,237
2004	—	9,045	34.5	17,174	10,143	59.1	—	2,563	25.3	7,580
2005	—	7,580	33.2	15,218	9,086	59.7	—	2,308	25.4	6,778
2006	—	3,946	30.0	9,214	5,633	61.1	—	1,565	27.8	4,068
2007	2	5,235	27.6	13,716	8,729	63.6	4	2,548	29.2	6,177
2008	10	5,607	29.1	13,636	8,985	65.9	14	2,336	26.0	6,635
2009	409	8,145	26.8	22,278	14,582	65.5	234	3,370	23.5	10,978
2010	2,351	7,948	26.3	22,283	14,074	63.2	1,080	2,543	19.6	10,451
2011	8,320	8,778	29.2	21,238	12,505	58.9	5,084	1,332	17.9	6,089
2012	20,361	8,185	34.9	15,277	7,222	47.3	6,341	166	18.8	715

Table V.D4.—SSI Disabled Child Reviews: Disposition  a  of Continuing Disability Medical Reviews by Year of
Initial Decision and Level of Decision, Fiscal Years 1998-2012 (Cont.)

Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b	Total initial decisions	Selected summary case information by decision status as of February 2013
		Numbers of cases			Numbers as a percentage of total initial decisions
		Continuations	Cessations pending an appeal decision	Cessations with no appeal pending	Continuations	Cessations pending an appeal decision	Cessations with no appeal pending
Reviews of low-birth-weight children
1998	17,620	7,567	—	10,053	42.9	—	57.1
1999	9,773	4,804	—	4,969	49.2	—	50.8
2000	10,178	5,274	—	4,904	51.8	—	48.2
2001	9,086	4,717	—	4,369	51.9	—	48.1
2002	12,732	6,679	—	6,053	52.5	—	47.5
2003	7,283	3,940	—	3,343	54.1	—	45.9
2004	12,060	6,802	—	5,258	56.4	—	43.6
2005	13,710	7,346	—	6,364	53.6	—	46.4
2006	8,303	4,529	—	3,774	54.5	—	45.5
2007	3,175	1,578	—	1,597	49.7	—	50.3
2008	5,272	2,559	—	2,713	48.5	—	51.5
2009	12,511	6,482	44	5,985	51.8	0.4	47.8
2010	22,396	10,461	544	11,391	46.7	2.4	50.9
2011	19,359	8,758	1,470	9,131	45.2	7.6	47.2
2012	16,416	7,230	2,126	7,060	44.0	13.0	43.0
Redeterminations at age 18
1998	40,945	25,549	—	15,396	62.4	—	37.6
1999	49,557	31,828	—	17,729	64.2	—	35.8
2000	51,713	33,455	—	18,258	64.7	—	35.3
2001	48,944	32,392	—	16,552	66.2	—	33.8
2002	54,947	37,307	—	17,640	67.9	—	32.1
2003	53,905	36,826	—	17,079	68.3	—	31.7
2004	53,232	36,719	—	16,513	69.0	—	31.0
2005	55,331	36,626	—	18,705	66.2	—	33.8
2006	40,640	25,597	—	15,043	63.0	—	37.0
2007	71,359	43,563	6	27,790	61.0	g	38.9
2008	69,430	41,852	24	27,554	60.3	g	39.7
2009	100,986	61,890	587	38,509	61.3	.6	38.1
2010	87,310	49,728	2,654	34,928	57.0	3.0	40.0
2011	93,256	50,297	10,216	32,743	53.9	11.0	35.1
2012	81,568	41,246	15,330	24,992	50.6	18.8	30.6
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
1998	91,157	72,964	—	18,193	80.0	—	20.0
1999	183,211	141,359	—	41,852	77.2	—	22.8
2000	140,699	114,444	—	26,255	81.3	—	18.7
2001	95,835	78,470	—	17,365	81.9	—	18.1
2002	163,768	139,044	—	24,724	84.9	—	15.1
2003	127,444	107,919	—	19,525	84.7	—	15.3
2004	103,437	86,800	—	16,637	83.9	—	16.1
2005	61,387	49,487	—	11,900	80.6	—	19.4
2006	19,384	15,639	—	3,745	80.7	—	19.3
2007	4,440	3,510	—	930	79.1	—	20.9
2008	4,707	3,783	—	924	80.4	—	19.6
2009	10,637	8,951	12	1,674	84.1	.1	15.7
2010	16,677	13,396	233	3,048	80.3	1.4	18.3
2011	25,166	18,592	1,718	4,856	73.9	6.8	19.3
2012	64,834	44,216	9,246	11,372	68.2	14.3	17.5
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
1998	149,722	106,080	—	43,642	70.9	—	29.1
1999	242,541	177,991	—	64,550	73.4	—	26.6
2000	202,590	153,173	—	49,417	75.6	—	24.4
2001	153,865	115,579	—	38,286	75.1	—	24.9
2002	231,447	183,030	—	48,417	79.1	—	20.9
2003	188,632	148,685	—	39,947	78.8	—	21.2
2004	168,729	130,321	—	38,408	77.2	—	22.8
2005	130,428	93,459	—	36,969	71.7	—	28.3
2006	68,327	45,765	—	22,562	67.0	—	33.0
2007	78,974	48,651	6	30,317	61.6	g	38.4
2008	79,409	48,194	24	31,191	60.7	g	39.3
2009	124,134	77,323	643	46,168	62.3	0.5	37.2
2010	126,383	73,585	3,431	49,367	58.2	2.7	39.1
2011	137,781	77,647	13,404	46,730	56.4	9.7	33.9
2012	162,818	92,692	26,702	43,424	56.9	16.4	26.7

a Data reflect results as of February 2013. The ultimate numbers of continuations and cessations are subject to change until all appeals are final.

b For years prior to 1998 see the most recent Annual Report of Continuing Disability Reviews.

c Percentage of decisions at this level.

d Percentage of cessations at this level appealed to next level.

e We do not reflect the status and disposition of cases in the Federal courts here. However, we have included information on the status and disposition at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) for cases remanded to us by the courts. The excluded experience in the Federal courts has a minimal impact on the number of cont­inuations.

f Number of persons appealing beyond the reconsideration level.

g Less than 0.05 percent.

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1

Individuals concurrently receiving OASDI and SSI benefits where the OASDI benefit is not based on the individuals’ disability are initiated as title XVI CDRs. The results of the review only affect the individual’s eligibility for SSI benefits.

2

We included in these tables the SSI recipients whose benefits terminate as a result of CDRs. We report estimates of Federal SSI program savings resulting from the cessation of benefits to Congress in the Annual Report of Continuing Disability Reviews. The most recent such report, issued May 1, 2012, presented estimates of the effects of CDRs conducted in fiscal year 2010.

3

For years prior to 1998 see the most recent Annual Report of Continuing Disability Reviews for the summary of results for all years since 1993.