2024 SSI Annual Report

Single-Year Tables Consistent With the 2024 SSI Annual Report

Table V.C2.—Disabled Child Claims: Disposition of Applications for SSI Disability Benefits by Year of Filing^a and Level of Decision^b

	Reconsiderations^f						Appeals beyond reconsideration^g
		Allowances			Appeals of reconsideration denials			Allowances
Calendar year of filing	Pending	Number	Percent^c	Denials	Number^h	Percent^e	Pendingⁱ	Number	Percent^j	Denials^k
1991	—	5,605	22.7	19,097	9,196	48.2	—	3,884	42.2	5,312
1992	—	9,463	19.2	39,834	19,770	49.6	—	7,523	38.1	12,247
1993	—	11,338	14.9	64,629	31,193	48.3	—	10,638	34.1	20,555
1994	—	11,332	12.3	80,761	38,433	47.6	—	12,954	33.7	25,479
1995	—	10,287	11.8	76,554	35,592	46.5	—	10,924	30.7	24,668
1996	—	9,355	12.5	65,658	27,920	42.5	—	8,853	31.7	19,067
1997	—	8,266	16.2	42,705	18,916	44.3	—	7,027	36.2	12,411
1998	—	7,799	15.6	42,237	18,762	44.4	—	7,034	37.3	11,802
1999	—	6,475	13.8	40,423	18,164	44.9	—	7,558	35.5	13,704
2000	—	6,043	16.0	31,741	14,366	45.3	—	8,451	34.2	16,287
2001	—	5,839	16.1	30,318	13,448	44.4	—	8,825	33.6	17,479
2002	—	6,360	15.4	34,842	15,216	43.7	—	9,909	33.2	19,968
2003	—	6,644	14.8	38,275	16,208	42.3	—	10,237	33.0	20,752
2004	—	6,209	14.1	37,948	15,758	41.5	—	10,021	33.3	20,114
2005	—	6,020	14.2	36,306	15,188	41.8	—	9,578	33.9	18,648
2006	—	6,158	13.6	39,049	16,436	42.1	—	10,828	36.3	19,010
2007	—	6,016	12.9	40,557	17,141	42.3	—	11,154	36.5	19,445
2008	—	6,888	13.2	45,196	19,639	43.5	—	11,786	35.1	21,827
2009	—	7,704	12.3	54,757	24,476	44.7	—	12,974	30.9	28,965
2010	—	7,548	11.6	57,616	26,094	45.3	—	12,107	27.9	31,245
2011	—	7,492	11.3	58,563	27,380	46.8	—	11,748	26.6	32,456
2012	—	7,036	11.0	56,822	26,098	45.9	—	10,553	25.0	31,718
2013	—	6,038	11.0	48,733	22,443	46.1	—	9,522	25.6	27,646
2014	—	5,633	11.9	41,846	18,052	43.1	—	8,265	26.9	22,455
2015	—	5,528	12.9	37,353	15,260	40.9	—	6,785	25.4	19,876
2016	—	5,247	13.2	34,400	13,523	39.3	111	6,103	26.4	17,026
2017	—	4,909	12.9	33,258	12,527	37.7	161	5,716	27.1	15,396
2018	—	5,084	14.1	31,003	11,437	36.9	336	5,143	29.2	12,471
2019	—	5,178	14.5	30,567	11,470	37.5	517	4,068	33.3	8,151
2020	—	4,100	14.6	23,993	8,803	36.7	1,304	2,587	34.4	4,936
2021	—	3,557	13.5	22,873	6,705	29.3	3,760	1,079	36.5	1,876
2022	5,912	1,778	16.2	9,214	2,609	28.3	2,387	67	29.4	161
2023	3,607	623	22.9	2,096	400	19.1	593	5	55.6	4

^a Data for claims filed in 1988-2022 reflect results as of June 2023 at the DDS level and as of July 2023 at the hearing and Appeals Council levels. The numbers of total claims filed for 2020-2022 are subject to change. Data for claims filed in 2023 are preliminary estimates as of January 2024. The ultimate numbers of allowances and denials are subject to change until all initial decisions have been completed and all appeals are final.

^b For claims filed in 2000 or later, we count allowances at the earliest adjudicative level of allowance. We count allowances for claims filed prior to 2000 at the highest adjudicative level reached.

^c Percentage of decisions at this level.

^e Percentage of denials at this level appealed to next level.

^f Includes cases reviewed by the Office of the Federal Reviewing Official (OFedRO) during the period August 2006 through November 2008 as part of the DSI process.

^g Includes cases appealed to the hearing and Appeals Council levels and cases appealed to the Federal courts.

^h Number of persons appealing beyond the reconsideration level.

ⁱ Includes cases remanded to SSA from the Federal courts.

^j Percentage of decisions at this level. For years in which decisions are still pending, the preliminary percentage shown is expected to ultimately be lower as all cases are processed. This occurs because allowances are generally processed more quickly than denials.

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