AC Grant Review Actions as a Percentage of All AC Dispositions

Longitudinal report detailing the numbers and percentages of Appeals Council (AC) grant review actions on Requests for Review (RR) of hearing level decisions or dismissals filed with the AC during each of Fiscal Years 2010 – 2020 as compared to the total number of RR dispositions issued during those same years. In response to a RR of a hearing level action, the AC may either deny or dismiss the RR, or grant review of the hearing level decision or dismissal. In this report, grant review actions include when the AC either returns the hearing level decision or dismissal with a remand order for further action, or when the AC issues a new decision.

Fiscal Year	AC Grant Review	All AC RR Dispositions	Percentage
FY 2010	25,457	102,062	24.94%
FY 2011	31,019	126,992	24.43%
FY 2012	35,135	166,020	21.16%
FY 2013	33,458	176,251	18.98%
FY 2014	26,167	162,280	16.12%
FY 2015	22,912	150,673	15.21%
FY 2016 (52 Weeks) *	20,800	154,402	13.47%
FY 2016 (53 Weeks) *	21,442	159,000	13.49%
FY 2017	19,460	160,776	12.10%
FY 2018	21,909	155,959	14.05%
FY 2019	24,287	144,193	16.84%
FY 2020	30,610	191,734	15.96%
*For FY 2016, each of the individual reports have a listing for the normal 52 week fiscal year that ended on 9/23/2016 and a second listing to include the extra 53rd week covering the period from 9/24/2016 – 9/30/2016. Most fiscal years have just 52 weeks, however, FY 2016 had 53 weeks, which is an anomaly that occurs every five or six years.