2024 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 1986‑2023 

[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
2013	2,437	197	2,634
2014	2,447	181	2,628
2015	2,084	183	2,267
2016	f 2,348	f 182	f 2,530
2017	2,401	189	2,590
2018	2,631	282	2,913
2019	2,466	200	2,666
2020	g 1,873	280	2,153
2021	1,963	404	2,367
2022	f1,692	f 511	f 2,203
2023	1,804	712	2,516

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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, 2016, and 2022.

g

We completed fewer non-medical redeterminations in fiscal year 2020 because of various effects at least partially attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.

2. Medical Continuing Disability Review

Following enactment of the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980, section 221(i) of the Social Security Act (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 2023, we deferred full medical reviews for 479,368 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 2,359 centrally initiated medical CDRs involving SSI recipients in fiscal year 2023 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 1993-2023

[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
2020c	42	110	152	7	44	107	158	310
2021	40	115	155	10	62	136	209	364
2022	46	131	178	11	69	148	229	406
2023	44	114	158	9	67	127	203	361

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a

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

b

Fewer than 500.

c

We completed fewer CDRs in fiscal year 2020 because of various effects at least partially attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Note: Components may not sum to totals because of rounding.

 

 

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 2009-2023  

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
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	9,362	70.7
2016			74,680	62,151	83.2	12,529	16.8	8,790	70.2
2017			85,992	71,560	83.2	14,432	16.8	9,804	67.9
2018			84,090	70,155	83.4	13,935	16.6	9,136	65.6
2019			69,338	58,336	84.1	11,002	15.9	7,026	63.9
2020			41,825	36,194	86.5	5,631	13.5	3,330	59.1
2021			39,571	32,301	81.6	7,270	18.4	4,205	57.8
2022			46,389	38,850	83.7	7,539	16.3	4,532	60.1
2023			43,886	35,827	81.6	8,059	18.4	4,846	60.1
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	2,861	69.9
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	17,177	70.6
2016			179,901	152,339	84.7	27,562	15.3	18,829	68.3
2017			202,608	168,443	83.1	34,165	16.9	23,396	68.5
2018			194,626	165,687	85.1	28,939	14.9	19,303	66.7
2019			168,055	140,343	83.5	27,712	16.5	16,996	61.3
2020			110,265	96,162	87.2	14,103	12.8	8,258	58.6
2021			115,239	93,969	81.5	21,270	18.5	11,821	55.6
2022			131,276	109,976	83.8	21,300	16.2	12,414	58.3
2023			113,765	93,148	81.9	20,617	18.1	12,060	58.5
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
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	7,728	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	26,539	70.6
2016			254,581	214,490	84.3	40,091	15.7	27,619	68.9
2017			288,600	240,003	83.2	48,597	16.8	33,200	68.3
2018			278,716	235,842	84.6	42,874	15.4	28,439	66.3
2019			237,393	198,679	83.7	38,714	16.3	24,022	62.0
2020			152,090	132,356	87.0	19,734	13.0	11,588	58.7
2021			154,810	126,270	81.6	28,540	18.4	16,026	56.2
2022			177,665	148,826	83.8	28,839	16.2	16,946	58.8
2023			157,651	128,975	81.8	28,676	18.2	16,906	59.0
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 d		Number	Percent
Reviews of concurrent Title II/XVI cases initiated under Title II
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	—	2,944	60.5	1,923	1,357	70.6	—	399	29.4	958
2014	—	3,873	59.9	2,589	1,876	72.5	—	557	29.7	1,319
2015	—	5,597	59.8	3,765	2,656	70.5	—	719	27.1	1,937
2016	—	5,452	62.0	3,338	2,321	69.5	—	614	26.5	1,707
2017	—	6,334	64.6	3,470	2,216	63.9	—	624	28.2	1,592
2018	—	6,026	66.0	3,110	1,748	56.2	1	518	29.7	1,229
2019	—	4,583	65.2	2,443	1,326	54.3	16	419	32.0	891
2020	2	2,193	65.9	1,135	678	59.7	44	207	32.6	427
2021	28	2,813	67.3	1,364	807	59.2	158	235	36.2	414
2022	198	2,959	68.3	1,375	814	59.2	500	109	34.7	205
2023	1,833	2,313	76.8	700	318	45.4	296	8	36.4	14
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	1,271	76.9	—	410	32.3	861
2013	—	1,784	62.4	1,077	779	72.3	—	227	29.1	552
2014	—	2,705	59.6	1,831	1,304	71.2	—	385	29.5	919
2015	—	10,016	58.3	7,161	5,001	69.8	—	1,292	25.8	3,709
2016	2	11,525	61.2	7,302	5,010	68.6	—	1,323	26.4	3,687
2017	—	14,503	62.0	8,893	5,759	64.8	1	1,468	25.5	4,290
2018	—	12,619	65.4	6,684	3,761	56.3	4	1,047	27.9	2,710
2019	6	11,030	64.9	5,960	3,048	51.1	26	849	28.1	2,173
2020	12	5,326	64.6	2,920	1,637	56.1	138	464	31.0	1,035
2021	112	7,776	66.4	3,933	2,280	58.0	484	553	30.8	1,243
2022	553	7,984	67.3	3,877	2,257	58.2	1,437	256	31.2	564
2023	4,604	5,575	74.8	1,881	800	42.5	744	13	23.2	43
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
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	2,748	76.9	—	855	31.1	1,893
2013	—	4,728	61.2	3,000	2,136	71.2	—	626	29.3	1,510
2014	—	6,578	59.8	4,420	3,180	71.9	—	942	29.6	2,238
2015	—	15,613	58.8	10,926	7,657	70.1	—	2,011	26.3	5,646
2016	2	16,977	61.5	10,640	7,331	68.9	—	1,937	26.4	5,394
2017	—	20,837	62.8	12,363	7,975	64.5	1	2,092	26.2	5,882
2018	—	18,645	65.6	9,794	5,509	56.2	5	1,565	28.4	3,939
2019	6	15,613	65.0	8,403	4,374	52.1	42	1,268	29.3	3,064
2020	14	7,519	65.0	4,055	2,315	57.1	182	671	31.5	1,462
2021	140	10,589	66.7	5,297	3,087	58.3	642	788	32.2	1,657
2022	751	10,943	67.6	5,252	3,071	58.5	1,937	365	32.2	769
2023	6,437	7,888	75.3	2,581	1,118	43.3	1,040	21	26.9	57
Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b			Total initial decisions	Selected summary case information by decision status as of February 2024
				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
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	48,267	—	3,577	93.1	—	6.9
2014			62,400	57,908	—	4,492	92.8	—	7.2
2015			74,422	67,499	—	6,923	90.7	—	9.3
2016			74,680	68,217	—	6,463	91.3	—	8.7
2017			85,992	78,518	—	7,474	91.3	—	8.7
2018			84,090	76,699	1	7,390	91.2	g	8.8
2019			69,338	63,338	16	5,984	91.3	g	8.6
2020			41,825	38,594	46	3,185	92.3	0.1	7.6
2021			39,571	35,349	186	4,036	89.3	.5	10.2
2022			46,389	41,918	698	3,773	90.4	1.5	8.1
2023			43,886	38,148	2,129	3,609	86.9	4.9	8.2
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	43,050	—	3,389	92.7	—	7.3
2013			34,941	32,861	—	2,080	94.0	—	6.0
2014			49,810	46,642	—	3,168	93.6	—	6.4
2015			156,987	143,959	—	13,028	91.7	—	8.3
2016			179,901	165,187	2	14,712	91.8	g	8.2
2017			202,608	184,414	1	18,193	91.0	g	9.0
2018			194,626	179,353	4	15,269	92.2	g	7.8
2019			168,055	152,222	32	15,801	90.6	g	9.4
2020			110,265	101,952	150	8,163	92.5	.1	7.4
2021			115,239	102,298	596	12,345	88.8	.5	10.7
2022			131,276	118,216	1,990	11,070	90.1	1.5	8.4
2023			113,765	98,736	5,348	9,681	86.8	4.7	8.5
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
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	89,786	—	7,368	92.4	—	7.6
2013			86,785	81,128	—	5,657	93.5	—	6.5
2014			112,210	104,550	—	7,660	93.2	—	6.8
2015			231,409	211,458	—	19,951	91.4	—	8.6
2016			254,581	233,404	2	21,175	91.7	g	8.3
2017			288,600	262,932	1	25,667	91.1	g	8.9
2018			278,716	256,052	5	22,659	91.9	g	8.1
2019			237,393	215,560	48	21,785	90.8	g	9.2
2020			152,090	140,546	196	11,348	92.4	.1	7.5
2021			154,810	137,647	782	16,381	88.9	.5	10.6
2022			177,665	160,134	2,688	14,843	90.1	1.5	8.4
2023			157,651	136,884	7,477	13,290	86.8	4.7	8.4

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a

Data reflect results as of February 2024. The ultimate numbers of continuations and cessations are subject to change until all appeals are final.

b

For years prior to 2009, 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 2009-2023

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
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	2,913	32.8
2017			14,921	6,648	44.6	8,273	55.4	2,679	32.4
2018			17,346	7,937	45.8	9,409	54.2	2,970	31.6
2019			11,706	5,279	45.1	6,427	54.9	1,950	30.3
2020			7,312	3,710	50.7	3,602	49.3	935	26.0
2021			10,296	4,852	47.1	5,444	52.9	1,323	24.3
2022			11,465	5,640	49.2	5,825	50.8	1,529	26.2
2023			9,269	4,479	48.3	4,790	51.7	1,259	26.3
Redeterminations at age 18
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	22,865	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	26,482	54.4
2015			84,499	36,463	43.2	48,036	56.8	25,049	52.1
2016			81,025	34,924	43.1	46,101	56.9	23,256	50.4
2017			86,378	39,771	46.0	46,607	54.0	23,322	50.0
2018			81,662	38,857	47.6	42,805	52.4	21,205	49.5
2019			67,512	32,704	48.4	34,808	51.6	16,558	47.6
2020			43,754	22,644	51.8	21,110	48.2	8,976	42.5
2021			62,431	29,913	47.9	32,518	52.1	12,740	39.2
2022			69,134	33,670	48.7	35,464	51.3	14,619	41.2
2023			66,668	32,021	48.0	34,647	52.0	14,625	42.2
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	42,795	58.2
2016			261,185	183,221	70.1	77,964	29.9	44,669	57.3
2017			208,500	150,827	72.3	57,673	27.7	32,151	55.7
2018			229,341	177,077	77.2	52,264	22.8	29,342	56.1
2019			173,923	137,898	79.3	36,025	20.7	19,567	54.3
2020			106,636	86,795	81.4	19,841	18.6	9,727	49.0
2021			136,371	106,714	78.3	29,657	21.7	13,385	45.1
2022			148,027	117,658	79.5	30,369	20.5	14,691	48.4
2023			127,294	99,892	78.5	27,402	21.5	13,356	48.7
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
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	38,193	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	49,360	53.9
2015			322,427	192,421	59.7	130,006	40.3	70,831	54.5
2016			357,493	224,548	62.8	132,945	37.2	70,838	53.3
2017			309,799	197,246	63.7	112,553	36.3	58,152	51.7
2018			328,349	223,871	68.2	104,478	31.8	53,517	51.2
2019			253,141	175,881	69.5	77,260	30.5	38,075	49.3
2020			157,702	113,149	71.7	44,553	28.3	19,638	44.1
2021			209,098	141,479	67.7	67,619	32.3	27,448	40.6
2022			228,626	156,968	68.7	71,658	31.3	30,839	43.0
2023			203,231	136,392	67.1	66,839	32.9	29,240	43.7
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
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	1,052	50.6	—	125	11.9	927
2016	—	1,001	34.4	1,912	962	50.3	—	147	15.3	815
2017	—	957	35.7	1,722	820	47.6	—	128	15.6	692
2018	—	1,043	35.1	1,927	802	41.6	1	141	17.6	660
2019	—	714	36.6	1,236	471	38.1	3	92	19.7	376
2020	1	329	35.2	605	230	38.0	22	29	13.9	179
2021	8	552	42.0	763	325	42.6	74	54	21.5	197
2022	81	597	41.2	851	361	42.4	223	28	20.3	110
2023	585	321	47.6	353	110	31.2	103	1	14.3	6
Redeterminations at age 18
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	—	5,641	24.7	17,224	11,107	64.5	—	2,084	18.8	9,023
2013	—	6,201	22.5	21,339	12,651	59.3	—	2,124	16.8	10,527
2014	—	5,939	22.4	20,543	11,776	57.3	—	1,929	16.4	9,847
2015	—	5,721	22.8	19,328	10,803	55.9	—	1,635	15.1	9,168
2016	—	6,123	26.3	17,133	9,432	55.1	—	1,411	15.0	8,021
2017	—	6,776	29.1	16,546	8,631	52.2	3	1,389	16.1	7,239
2018	—	6,459	30.5	14,746	6,621	44.9	3	1,204	18.2	5,414
2019	4	5,111	30.9	11,443	4,799	41.9	46	976	20.5	3,777
2020	17	2,741	30.6	6,218	2,785	44.8	181	565	21.7	2,039
2021	127	4,148	32.9	8,465	3,985	47.1	718	801	24.5	2,466
2022	874	4,982	36.2	8,763	4,126	47.1	2,379	445	25.5	1,302
2023	6,837	3,267	41.9	4,521	1,688	37.3	1,572	36	31.0	80
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	—	1,258	14.9	7,178
2015	—	14,421	33.7	28,374	17,347	61.1	—	2,770	16.0	14,577
2016	—	16,391	36.7	28,278	16,672	59.0	—	2,741	16.4	13,931
2017	—	13,062	40.6	19,089	10,525	55.1	—	1,957	18.6	8,568
2018	—	12,790	43.6	16,552	8,362	50.5	1	1,762	21.1	6,599
2019	—	8,924	45.6	10,643	4,899	46.0	41	1,229	25.3	3,629
2020	10	4,394	45.2	5,323	2,484	46.7	133	582	24.8	1,769
2021	91	6,724	50.6	6,570	3,309	50.4	580	664	24.3	2,065
2022	679	7,498	53.5	6,514	3,146	48.3	1,861	321	25.0	964
2023	5,594	4,857	62.6	2,905	1,083	37.3	1,024	9	15.3	50
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
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	—	10,226	26.8	27,967	18,277	65.4	—	3,203	17.5	15,074
2013	—	10,390	24.7	31,654	18,950	59.9	—	3,008	15.9	15,942
2014	—	12,715	25.8	36,645	21,632	59.0	—	3,379	15.6	18,253
2015	—	21,051	29.7	49,780	29,202	58.7	—	4,530	15.5	24,672
2016	—	23,515	33.2	47,323	27,066	57.2	—	4,299	15.9	22,767
2017	—	20,795	35.8	37,357	19,976	53.5	3	3,474	17.4	16,499
2018	—	20,292	37.9	33,225	15,785	47.5	5	3,107	19.7	12,673
2019	4	14,749	38.7	23,322	10,169	43.6	90	2,297	22.8	7,782
2020	28	7,464	38.1	12,146	5,499	45.3	336	1,176	22.8	3,987
2021	226	11,424	42.0	15,798	7,619	48.2	1,372	1,519	24.3	4,728
2022	1,634	13,077	44.8	16,128	7,633	47.3	4,463	794	25.0	2,376
2023	13,016	8,445	52.1	7,779	2,881	37.0	2,699	46	25.3	136
Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b			Total initial decisions	Selected summary case information by decision status as of February 2024
				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
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	6,874	—	7,447	48.0	—	52.0
2016			15,283	7,551	—	7,732	49.4	—	50.6
2017			14,921	7,733	—	7,188	51.8	—	48.2
2018			17,346	9,121	1	8,224	52.6	g	47.4
2019			11,706	6,085	3	5,618	52.0	g	48.0
2020			7,312	4,068	23	3,221	55.6	0.3	44.1
2021			10,296	5,458	82	4,756	53.0	.8	46.2
2022			11,465	6,265	304	4,896	54.6	2.7	42.7
2023			9,269	4,801	688	3,780	51.8	7.4	40.8
Redeterminations at age 18
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	44,310	—	37,258	54.3	—	45.7
2013			91,519	48,832	—	42,687	53.4	—	46.6
2014			85,708	44,890	—	40,818	52.4	—	47.6
2015			84,499	43,819	—	40,680	51.9	—	48.1
2016			81,025	42,458	—	38,567	52.4	—	47.6
2017			86,378	47,936	3	38,439	55.5	g	44.5
2018			81,662	46,520	3	35,139	57.0	g	43.0
2019			67,512	38,791	50	28,671	57.5	.1	42.5
2020			43,754	25,950	198	17,606	59.3	.5	40.2
2021			62,431	34,862	845	26,724	55.8	1.4	42.8
2022			69,134	39,097	3,253	26,784	56.6	4.7	38.7
2023			66,668	35,324	8,409	22,935	53.0	12.6	34.4
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	63,928	—	25,065	71.8	—	28.2
2015			223,607	167,309	—	56,298	74.8	—	25.2
2016			261,185	202,353	—	58,832	77.5	—	22.5
2017			208,500	165,846	—	42,654	79.5	—	20.5
2018			229,341	191,629	1	37,711	83.6	g	16.4
2019			173,923	148,051	41	25,831	85.1	g	14.9
2020			106,636	91,771	143	14,722	86.1	.1	13.8
2021			136,371	114,102	671	21,598	83.7	.5	15.8
2022			148,027	125,477	2,540	20,010	84.8	1.7	13.5
2023			127,294	104,758	6,618	15,918	82.3	5.2	12.5
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
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	97,770	—	65,048	60.0	—	40.0
2013			163,816	95,337	—	68,479	58.2	—	41.8
2014			192,827	117,350	—	75,477	60.9	—	39.1
2015			322,427	218,002	—	104,425	67.6	—	32.4
2016			357,493	252,362	—	105,131	70.6	—	29.4
2017			309,799	221,515	3	88,281	71.5	g	28.5
2018			328,349	247,270	5	81,074	75.3	g	24.7
2019			253,141	192,927	94	60,120	76.2	g	23.7
2020			157,702	121,789	364	35,549	77.2	.2	22.5
2021			209,098	154,422	1,598	53,078	73.9	.8	25.4
2022			228,626	170,839	6,097	51,690	74.7	2.7	22.6
2023			203,231	144,883	15,715	42,633	71.3	7.7	21.0

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a

Data reflect results as of February 2024. The ultimate numbers of continuations and cessations are subject to change until all appeals are final.

b

For years prior to 2009, 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%202017%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 September 19, 2023, presented estimates of the effects of CDRs conducted in fiscal year 2017.

7

For years prior to 2009, see the most recent Annual Report of Continuing Disability Reviews for the summary of results for all years since 1993.