2020 Annual Report of the SSI Program

D. HISTORICAL NON-MEDICAL REDETERMINATION AND MEDICAL CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEW DATA

1. Non-medical Redeterminations

Non-medical redeterminations are reviews of all of the non-medical 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 these redeterminations: scheduled and unscheduled. All recipients are subject to scheduling for a non-medical redetermination at the discretion of the Social Security Administration (SSA). Every year SSA schedules non-medical 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 non-medical 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. Non-medical 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 Record¹ 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, non-medical redetermination completions reported in SSA’s Agency Financial Report² include limited issue completions.

Table V.D1 provides historical data on numbers of non-medical redeterminations and limited issues by fiscal year. A more detailed discussion of non-medical redeterminations can be found in the annual Report on Supplemental Security Income Non-medical Redeterminations.³

 

Table V.D1.—SSI Non-medical Redeterminations^a and Limited Issues Completed, Fiscal Years 1986‑2019 

[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	e1,071	348	1,418
2007	e 692	346	1,039
2008	e  900	321	1,221
2009	e1,390	341	1,731
2010	2,248	218	2,466
2011	f2,223	f234	f2,457
2012	2,408	216	2,624
2013	2,437	197	2,634
2014	2,447	181	2,628
2015	2,084	183	2,267
2016	f2,324	f180	f2,505
2017	2,401	189	2,590
2018	2,631	282	2,913
2019	2,466	200	2,666

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a

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

b

Data not available.

c

Decrease in number of non-medical 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 non-medical 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 non-medical redeterminations in fiscal years 2005-09 due to limitations on administrative funding.

f

Includes non-medical redeterminations completed during the 53 operating weeks in fiscal years 2011 and 2016.

Note: Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.

2. Medical 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 in order to ensure that such beneficiaries continue to meet the definition of disability. 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 medical 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 medical eligibility, using the adult initial eligibility criteria, of at least one-third of all SSI child recipients who reached age 18 after April 1995 within 1 year of attainment of age 18. Such medical 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 medical 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 this profiling process to SSI adults who were scheduled for a CDR. In fiscal year 2019, we deferred full medical reviews for 491,566 adult SSI recipients scheduled for a CDR as a result of the screening process, including recipients concurrently receiving an OASDI benefit.

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 8,194 centrally initiated medical CDRs involving SSI recipients in fiscal year 2019 as a result of the streamlined FTC process. A more detailed discussion of CDRs can be found in the Annual Report of Medical Continuing Disability Reviews.⁴

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.⁵ 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 results⁶ on CDRs of SSI recipients performed in the most recent 15 years.⁷ 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 (e.g., 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 CDR decision.

Table V.D2.—SSI Continuing Disability Full Medical Reviews ^a by Year of Initial Decision, Fiscal Years 1993-2019

[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	b	4	8	29
1996	27	55	82	6	13	1	19	101
1997	51	70	121	7	49	b	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
2013	52	35	87	19	92	53	164	251
2014	62	50	112	18	86	89	193	305
2015	74	157	231	14	84	224	322	554
2016	75	180	255	15	81	261	357	612
2017	86	203	289	15	86	209	310	598
2018	84	195	279	17	82	229	328	607
2019	69	168	237	12	68	174	253	491

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a

Excludes reviews conducted outside of the centrally initiated CDR scheduling process.

b

Fewer than 500.

Note: Totals do not necessarily equal the sums of rounded components.

 

 

Table V.D3.—SSI Disabled Adult Reviews: Disposition ^a of Medical Continuing Disability
Reviews by Year of Initial Decision  and Level of Decision, Fiscal Years 2005-2019  

Fiscal year of initial DDS decisionb			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
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	2,210	65.6
2010			39,908	35,879	89.9	4,029	10.1	2,645	65.6
2011			37,799	33,194	87.8	4,605	12.2	2,947	64.0
2012			50,715	43,409	85.6	7,306	14.4	4,803	65.7
2013			51,844	44,924	86.7	6,920	13.3	4,867	70.3
2014			62,400	53,478	85.7	8,922	14.3	6,462	72.4
2015			74,422	61,183	82.2	13,239	17.8	9,367	70.8
2016			74,680	62,151	83.2	12,529	16.8	8,794	70.2
2017			85,992	71,560	83.2	14,432	16.8	9,839	68.2
2018			84,090	70,155	83.4	13,935	16.6	9,216	66.1
2019			69,338	58,336	84.1	11,002	15.9	7,020	63.8
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	1,267	67.3
2009			29,137	27,233	93.5	1,904	6.5	1,376	72.3
2010			34,575	31,766	91.9	2,809	8.1	1,984	70.6
2011			33,460	30,291	90.5	3,169	9.5	2,191	69.1
2012			46,439	39,954	86.0	6,485	14.0	4,338	66.9
2013			34,941	30,850	88.3	4,091	11.7	2,862	70.0
2014			49,810	43,552	87.4	6,258	12.6	4,536	72.5
2015			156,987	132,651	84.5	24,336	15.5	17,189	70.6
2016			179,901	152,339	84.7	27,562	15.3	18,842	68.4
2017			202,608	168,443	83.1	34,165	16.9	23,485	68.7
2018			194,626	165,687	85.1	28,939	14.9	19,515	67.4
2019			168,055	140,343	83.5	27,712	16.5	17,063	61.6
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
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	3,926	65.0
2009			70,746	65,471	92.5	5,275	7.5	3,586	68.0
2010			74,483	67,645	90.8	6,838	9.2	4,629	67.7
2011			71,259	63,485	89.1	7,774	10.9	5,138	66.1
2012			97,154	83,363	85.8	13,791	14.2	9,141	66.3
2013			86,785	75,774	87.3	11,011	12.7	7,729	70.2
2014			112,210	97,030	86.5	15,180	13.5	10,998	72.5
2015			231,409	193,834	83.8	37,575	16.2	26,556	70.7
2016			254,581	214,490	84.3	40,091	15.7	27,636	68.9
2017			288,600	240,003	83.2	48,597	16.8	33,324	68.6
2018			278,716	235,842	84.6	42,874	15.4	28,731	67.0
2019			237,393	198,679	83.7	38,714	16.3	24,083	62.2
Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b	Reconsiderations						Appeals beyond reconsideratione
	Pending	Continuations		Cessations	Appeals  to  beyond  reconsideration		Pending	Continuations		Cessations
		Number	Percent  c		Number f	Percent  e		Number	Percent
Reviews of concurrent Title II/XVI cases initiated under Title II
2005	—	3,827	64.6	2,100	1,492	71.0	—	653	43.8	839
2006	—	3,038	63.6	1,738	1,279	73.6	—	571	44.6	708
2007	—	1,461	67.8	694	531	76.5	—	238	44.8	293
2008	—	1,789	67.3	870	679	78.0	—	288	42.4	391
2009	—	1,510	68.3	700	561	80.1	—	208	37.1	353
2010	—	1,759	66.5	886	680	76.7	—	235	34.6	445
2011	—	1,770	60.1	1,177	897	76.2	—	263	29.3	634
2012	—	2,882	60.0	1,921	1,477	76.9	—	445	30.1	1,032
2013	1	2,944	60.5	1,922	1,356	70.6	—	398	29.4	958
2014	—	3,873	59.9	2,589	1,877	72.5	1	553	29.5	1,323
2015	5	5,597	59.8	3,765	2,657	70.6	5	684	25.8	1,968
2016	5	5,453	62.0	3,336	2,330	69.8	57	561	24.7	1,712
2017	38	6,335	64.6	3,466	2,341	67.5	431	462	24.2	1,448
2018	189	5,974	66.2	3,053	1,926	63.1	1,088	178	21.2	660
2019	1,236	3,976	68.7	1,808	1,019	56.4	953	16	24.2	50
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	—	152	44.4	190
2008	—	866	68.4	401	302	75.3	—	121	40.1	181
2009	—	995	72.3	381	284	74.5	—	101	35.6	183
2010	—	1,416	71.4	568	456	80.3	—	157	34.4	299
2011	—	1,498	68.4	693	554	79.9	—	184	33.2	370
2012	—	2,686	61.9	1,652	1,272	77.0	1	409	32.2	862
2013	1	1,784	62.4	1,077	779	72.3	—	227	29.1	552
2014	—	2,705	59.6	1,831	1,304	71.2	—	381	29.2	923
2015	14	10,016	58.3	7,159	5,000	69.8	9	1,238	24.8	3,753
2016	18	11,525	61.2	7,299	5,057	69.3	148	1,171	23.9	3,738
2017	102	14,498	62.0	8,885	6,083	68.5	1,061	1,078	21.5	3,944
2018	419	12,549	65.7	6,547	4,169	63.7	2,310	328	17.6	1,531
2019	3,264	9,484	68.7	4,315	2,235	51.8	2,055	26	14.4	154
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
2005	—	9,060	64.5	4,992	3,544	71.0	—	1,425	40.2	2,119
2006	—	4,843	63.5	2,786	2,025	72.7	—	855	42.2	1,170
2007	—	2,424	67.7	1,157	873	75.5	—	390	44.7	483
2008	—	2,655	67.6	1,271	981	77.2	—	409	41.7	572
2009	—	2,505	69.9	1,081	845	78.2	—	309	36.6	536
2010	—	3,175	68.6	1,454	1,136	78.1	—	392	34.5	744
2011	—	3,268	63.6	1,870	1,451	77.6	—	447	30.8	1,004
2012	—	5,568	60.9	3,573	2,749	76.9	1	854	31.1	1,894
2013	2	4,728	61.2	2,999	2,135	71.2	—	625	29.3	1,510
2014	—	6,578	59.8	4,420	3,181	72.0	1	934	29.4	2,246
2015	19	15,613	58.8	10,924	7,657	70.1	14	1,922	25.1	5,721
2016	23	16,978	61.5	10,635	7,387	69.5	205	1,732	24.1	5,450
2017	140	20,833	62.8	12,351	8,424	68.2	1,492	1,540	22.2	5,392
2018	608	18,523	65.9	9,600	6,095	63.5	3,398	506	18.8	2,191
2019	4,500	13,460	68.7	6,123	3,254	53.1	3,008	42	17.1	204
Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b			Total initial decisions	Selected summary case information by decision status as of February 2020
				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
2005			80,597	75,167	—	5,430	93.3	—	6.7
2006			71,825	67,398	—	4,427	93.8	—	6.2
2007			26,469	24,592	—	1,877	92.9	—	7.1
2008			40,045	37,968	—	2,077	94.8	—	5.2
2009			41,609	39,956	—	1,653	96.0	—	4.0
2010			39,908	37,873	—	2,035	94.9	—	5.1
2011			37,799	35,227	—	2,572	93.2	—	6.8
2012			50,715	46,736	—	3,979	92.2	—	7.8
2013			51,844	48,266	1	3,577	93.1	g	6.9
2014			62,400	57,904	1	4,495	92.8	g	7.2
2015			74,422	67,464	10	6,948	90.7	g	9.3
2016			74,680	68,165	62	6,453	91.3	.1	8.6
2017			85,992	78,357	469	7,166	91.1	.5	8.3
2018			84,090	76,307	1,277	6,506	90.7	1.5	7.7
2019			69,338	62,328	2,189	4,821	89.9	3.2	7.0
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	17,121	—	1,051	94.2	—	5.8
2008			18,933	18,036	—	897	95.3	—	4.7
2009			29,137	28,329	—	808	97.2	—	2.8
2010			34,575	33,339	—	1,236	96.4	—	3.6
2011			33,460	31,973	—	1,487	95.6	—	4.4
2012			46,439	43,049	1	3,389	92.7	g	7.3
2013			34,941	32,861	1	2,079	94.0	g	6.0
2014			49,810	46,638	—	3,172	93.6	—	6.4
2015			156,987	143,905	23	13,059	91.7	g	8.3
2016			179,901	165,035	166	14,700	91.7	.1	8.2
2017			202,608	184,019	1,163	17,426	90.8	.6	8.6
2018			194,626	178,564	2,729	13,333	91.7	1.4	6.9
2019			168,055	149,853	5,319	12,883	89.2	3.2	7.7
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
2005			190,669	178,502	—	12,167	93.6	—	6.4
2006			112,430	105,444	—	6,986	93.8	—	6.2
2007			44,641	41,713	—	2,928	93.4	—	6.6
2008			58,978	56,004	—	2,974	95.0	—	5.0
2009			70,746	68,285	—	2,461	96.5	—	3.5
2010			74,483	71,212	—	3,271	95.6	—	4.4
2011			71,259	67,200	—	4,059	94.3	—	5.7
2012			97,154	89,785	1	7,368	92.4	g	7.6
2013			86,785	81,127	2	5,656	93.5	g	6.5
2014			112,210	104,542	1	7,667	93.2	g	6.8
2015			231,409	211,369	33	20,007	91.3	g	8.6
2016			254,581	233,200	228	21,153	91.6	.1	8.3
2017			288,600	262,376	1,632	24,592	90.9	.6	8.5
2018			278,716	254,871	4,006	19,839	91.4	1.4	7.1
2019			237,393	212,181	7,508	17,704	89.4	3.2	7.5

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a

Data reflect results as of February 2020. The ultimate numbers of continuations and cessations are subject to change until all appeals are final.

b

For years prior to 2005, 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 hearing and Appeals Council levels 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 Medical Continuing Disability
Reviews by Year of Initial Decision  and Level of Decision, Fiscal Years 2005-2019  

Fiscal year of initial DDS decisionb			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
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	2,092	30.9
2010			22,396	9,048	40.4	13,348	59.6	4,425	33.2
2011			19,359	7,608	39.3	11,751	60.7	3,794	32.3
2012			16,416	6,487	39.5	9,929	60.5	3,020	30.4
2013			19,299	7,672	39.8	11,627	60.2	3,948	34.0
2014			18,126	7,174	39.6	10,952	60.4	3,919	35.8
2015			14,321	5,840	40.8	8,481	59.2	2,987	35.2
2016			15,283	6,403	41.9	8,880	58.1	2,917	32.8
2017			14,921	6,648	44.6	8,273	55.4	2,687	32.5
2018			17,346	7,937	45.8	9,409	54.2	2,982	31.7
2019			11,706	5,279	45.1	6,427	54.9	1,956	30.4
Redeterminations at age 18
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	17,773	50.8
2008			69,430	34,547	49.8	34,883	50.2	17,650	50.6
2009			100,986	51,712	51.2	49,274	48.8	27,205	55.2
2010			87,310	41,545	47.6	45,765	52.4	24,840	54.3
2011			93,256	42,772	45.9	50,484	54.1	26,498	52.5
2012			81,568	36,585	44.9	44,983	55.1	22,866	50.8
2013			91,519	40,507	44.3	51,012	55.7	27,540	54.0
2014			85,708	37,022	43.2	48,686	56.8	26,483	54.4
2015			84,499	36,463	43.2	48,036	56.8	25,068	52.2
2016			81,025	34,924	43.1	46,101	56.9	23,284	50.5
2017			86,378	39,771	46.0	46,607	54.0	23,383	50.2
2018			81,662	38,857	47.6	42,805	52.4	21,277	49.7
2019			67,512	32,704	48.4	34,808	51.6	16,577	47.6
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	1,200	52.6
2010			16,677	12,501	75.0	4,176	25.0	2,143	51.3
2011			25,166	17,157	68.2	8,009	31.8	3,932	49.1
2012			64,834	41,269	63.7	23,565	36.3	12,308	52.2
2013			52,998	33,760	63.7	19,238	36.3	10,556	54.9
2014			88,993	57,060	64.1	31,933	35.9	18,959	59.4
2015			223,607	150,118	67.1	73,489	32.9	42,801	58.2
2016			261,185	183,221	70.1	77,964	29.9	44,698	57.3
2017			208,500	150,827	72.3	57,673	27.7	32,194	55.8
2018			229,341	177,077	77.2	52,264	22.8	29,417	56.3
2019			173,923	137,898	79.3	36,025	20.7	19,542	54.2
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
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	18,951	49.7
2008			79,409	40,251	50.7	39,158	49.3	19,245	49.1
2009			124,134	65,808	53.0	58,326	47.0	30,497	52.3
2010			126,383	63,094	49.9	63,289	50.1	31,408	49.6
2011			137,781	67,537	49.0	70,244	51.0	34,224	48.7
2012			162,818	84,341	51.8	78,477	48.2	38,194	48.7
2013			163,816	81,939	50.0	81,877	50.0	42,044	51.4
2014			192,827	101,256	52.5	91,571	47.5	49,361	53.9
2015			322,427	192,421	59.7	130,006	40.3	70,856	54.5
2016			357,493	224,548	62.8	132,945	37.2	70,899	53.3
2017			309,799	197,246	63.7	112,553	36.3	58,264	51.8
2018			328,349	223,871	68.2	104,478	31.8	53,676	51.4
2019			253,141	175,881	69.5	77,260	30.5	38,075	49.3
Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b							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
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	—	38	20.1	151
2008	—	264	28.6	660	361	54.7	—	64	17.7	297
2009	—	592	28.3	1,500	869	57.9	—	155	17.8	714
2010	—	1,190	26.9	3,235	1,884	58.2	—	284	15.1	1,600
2011	—	1,068	28.1	2,726	1,680	61.6	—	234	13.9	1,446
2012	—	868	28.7	2,152	1,222	56.8	—	159	13.0	1,063
2013	—	1,095	27.7	2,853	1,570	55.0	—	221	14.1	1,349
2014	—	1,166	29.8	2,753	1,420	51.6	—	192	13.5	1,228
2015	—	909	30.4	2,078	1,050	50.5	1	123	11.7	926
2016	4	1,001	34.4	1,912	974	50.9	34	124	13.2	816
2017	11	955	35.7	1,721	860	50.0	181	93	13.7	586
2018	42	1,040	35.4	1,900	887	46.7	490	48	12.1	349
2019	465	588	39.4	903	362	40.1	336	1	3.8	25
Redeterminations at age 18
2005	—	3,756	30.3	8,647	5,135	59.4	—	1,436	28.0	3,699
2006	—	2,581	27.6	6,759	4,130	61.1	—	1,220	29.5	2,910
2007	—	4,793	27.0	12,980	8,273	63.7	—	2,449	29.6	5,824
2008	—	5,091	28.8	12,559	8,361	66.6	—	2,256	27.0	6,105
2009	—	7,047	25.9	20,158	13,356	66.3	—	3,302	24.7	10,054
2010	—	5,994	24.1	18,846	12,578	66.7	—	2,761	22.0	9,817
2011	—	6,494	24.5	20,004	13,415	67.1	—	2,669	19.9	10,746
2012	1	5,641	24.7	17,224	11,107	64.5	—	2,083	18.8	9,024
2013	—	6,201	22.5	21,339	12,651	59.3	—	2,121	16.8	10,530
2014	1	5,939	22.4	20,543	11,778	57.3	3	1,918	16.3	9,857
2015	24	5,721	22.8	19,323	10,805	55.9	28	1,589	14.7	9,188
2016	32	6,123	26.3	17,129	9,497	55.4	266	1,295	14.0	7,936
2017	113	6,777	29.1	16,493	8,913	54.0	1,455	1,060	14.2	6,398
2018	379	6,432	30.8	14,466	7,122	49.2	3,664	480	13.9	2,978
2019	4,198	4,257	34.4	8,122	3,423	42.1	3,112	41	13.2	270
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	—	61	23.6	198
2009	—	506	42.2	694	448	64.6	—	95	21.2	353
2010	—	764	35.7	1,379	953	69.1	—	159	16.7	794
2011	—	1,306	33.2	2,626	1,807	68.8	—	345	19.1	1,462
2012	—	3,717	30.2	8,591	5,948	69.2	—	960	16.1	4,988
2013	—	3,094	29.3	7,462	4,729	63.4	—	663	14.0	4,066
2014	—	5,610	29.6	13,349	8,436	63.2	—	1,249	14.8	7,187
2015	8	14,421	33.7	28,372	17,356	61.2	43	2,687	15.5	14,626
2016	31	16,391	36.7	28,276	16,820	59.5	648	2,484	15.4	13,688
2017	84	13,061	40.7	19,049	11,085	58.2	2,439	1,393	16.1	7,253
2018	365	12,738	43.8	16,314	9,141	56.0	5,342	602	15.8	3,197
2019	3,963	7,647	49.1	7,932	3,743	47.2	3,507	32	13.6	204
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
2005	—	7,579	33.2	15,219	9,087	59.7	—	2,309	25.4	6,778
2006	—	3,945	30.0	9,215	5,634	61.1	—	1,566	27.8	4,068
2007	—	5,235	27.6	13,716	8,726	63.6	—	2,567	29.4	6,159
2008	—	5,607	29.1	13,638	8,981	65.9	—	2,381	26.5	6,600
2009	—	8,145	26.7	22,352	14,673	65.6	—	3,552	24.2	11,121
2010	—	7,948	25.3	23,460	15,415	65.7	—	3,204	20.8	12,211
2011	—	8,868	25.9	25,356	16,902	66.7	—	3,248	19.2	13,654
2012	1	10,226	26.8	27,967	18,277	65.4	—	3,202	17.5	15,075
2013	—	10,390	24.7	31,654	18,950	59.9	—	3,005	15.9	15,945
2014	1	12,715	25.8	36,645	21,634	59.0	3	3,359	15.5	18,272
2015	32	21,051	29.7	49,773	29,211	58.7	72	4,399	15.1	24,740
2016	67	23,515	33.2	47,317	27,291	57.7	948	3,903	14.8	22,440
2017	208	20,793	35.8	37,263	20,858	56.0	4,075	2,546	15.2	14,237
2018	786	20,210	38.2	32,680	17,150	52.5	9,496	1,130	14.8	6,524
2019	8,626	12,492	42.4	16,957	7,528	44.4	6,955	74	12.9	499
Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b			Total initial decisions	Selected summary case information by decision status as of February 2020
				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
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	1,579	—	1,596	49.7	—	50.3
2008			5,272	2,559	—	2,713	48.5	—	51.5
2009			12,511	6,488	—	6,023	51.9	—	48.1
2010			22,396	10,522	—	11,874	47.0	—	53.0
2011			19,359	8,910	—	10,449	46.0	—	54.0
2012			16,416	7,514	—	8,902	45.8	—	54.2
2013			19,299	8,988	—	10,311	46.6	—	53.4
2014			18,126	8,532	—	9,594	47.1	—	52.9
2015			14,321	6,872	1	7,448	48.0	g	52.0
2016			15,283	7,528	38	7,717	49.3	.2	50.5
2017			14,921	7,696	192	7,033	51.6	1.3	47.1
2018			17,346	9,025	532	7,789	52.0	3.1	44.9
2019			11,706	5,868	801	5,037	50.1	6.8	43.0
Redeterminations at age 18
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	43,581	—	27,778	61.1	—	38.9
2008			69,430	41,894	—	27,536	60.3	—	39.7
2009			100,986	62,061	—	38,925	61.5	—	38.5
2010			87,310	50,300	—	37,010	57.6	—	42.4
2011			93,256	51,935	—	41,321	55.7	—	44.3
2012			81,568	44,309	1	37,258	54.3	g	45.7
2013			91,519	48,829	—	42,690	53.4	—	46.6
2014			85,708	44,879	4	40,825	52.4	g	47.6
2015			84,499	43,773	52	40,674	51.8	.1	48.1
2016			81,025	42,342	298	38,385	52.3	.4	47.4
2017			86,378	47,608	1,568	37,202	55.1	1.8	43.1
2018			81,662	45,769	4,043	31,850	56.0	5.0	39.0
2019			67,512	37,002	7,310	23,200	54.8	10.8	34.4
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	3,786	—	921	80.4	—	19.6
2009			10,637	8,956	—	1,681	84.2	—	15.8
2010			16,677	13,424	—	3,253	80.5	—	19.5
2011			25,166	18,808	—	6,358	74.7	—	25.3
2012			64,834	45,946	—	18,888	70.9	—	29.1
2013			52,998	37,517	—	15,481	70.8	—	29.2
2014			88,993	63,919	—	25,074	71.8	—	28.2
2015			223,607	167,226	51	56,330	74.8	g	25.2
2016			261,185	202,096	679	58,410	77.4	.3	22.4
2017			208,500	165,281	2,523	40,696	79.3	1.2	19.5
2018			229,341	190,417	5,707	33,217	83.0	2.5	14.5
2019			173,923	145,577	7,470	20,876	83.7	4.3	12.0
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
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	48,670	—	30,304	61.6	—	38.4
2008			79,409	48,239	—	31,170	60.7	—	39.3
2009			124,134	77,505	—	46,629	62.4	—	37.6
2010			126,383	74,246	—	52,137	58.7	—	41.3
2011			137,781	79,653	—	58,128	57.8	—	42.2
2012			162,818	97,769	1	65,048	60.0	g	40.0
2013			163,816	95,334	—	68,482	58.2	—	41.8
2014			192,827	117,330	4	75,493	60.8	g	39.2
2015			322,427	217,871	104	104,452	67.6	g	32.4
2016			357,493	251,966	1,015	104,512	70.5	.3	29.2
2017			309,799	220,585	4,283	84,931	71.2	1.4	27.4
2018			328,349	245,211	10,282	72,856	74.7	3.1	22.2
2019			253,141	188,447	15,581	49,113	74.4	6.2	19.4

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a

Data reflect results as of February 2020. The ultimate numbers of continuations and cessations are subject to change until all appeals are final.

b

For years prior to 2005, 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 hearing and Appeals Council levels 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

The main administrative file for the SSI program.

2

Publication No. 31-231 is available at www.ssa.gov/finance/.

3

The most recent such report can be found at www.ssa.gov/legislation/FY2014SSINon-MedicalRedeterminationReport.pdf.

4

The most recent such report can be found at www.ssa.gov/legislation/FY%202015%20CDR%20Report.pdf.

5

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

6

We included in these tables the SSI recipients whose benefits terminate as a result of medical 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 August 21, 2019, presented estimates of the effects of CDRs conducted in fiscal year 2015.

7

For years prior to 2003, see the most recent Annual Report of Continuing Disability Reviews for the summary of results for all years since 1993.