2019 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.

 

Table V.D1.—SSI Non-medical Redeterminations^a and Limited Issues Completed, Fiscal Years 1986-2018 

[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 2,324	f 180	f 2,505
2017	2,401	189	2,590
2018	2,631	282	2,913

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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 2018, we deferred full medical reviews for 231,351 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 4,959 centrally initiated medical CDRs involving SSI recipients in fiscal year 2018 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.³

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.⁴ 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 results⁵ on CDRs of SSI recipients performed in the most recent 15 years.⁶ 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 1993-2018

[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

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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 2004-2018

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
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	2,210	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	6,464	72.5
2015	74,422	61,183	82.2	13,239	17.8	9,381	70.9
2016	74,680	62,151	83.2	12,529	16.8	8,829	70.5
2017	85,992	71,560	83.2	14,432	16.8	9,907	68.6
2018	84,090	70,155	83.4	13,935	16.6	9,050	64.9
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	1,267	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	17,226	70.8
2016	179,901	152,339	84.7	27,562	15.3	18,971	68.8
2017	202,608	168,443	83.1	34,165	16.9	23,711	69.4
2018	194,626	165,687	85.1	28,939	14.9	19,082	65.9
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
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	3,926	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	11,000	72.5
2015	231,409	193,834	83.8	37,575	16.2	26,607	70.8
2016	254,581	214,490	84.3	40,091	15.7	27,800	69.3
2017	288,600	240,003	83.2	48,597	16.8	33,618	69.2
2018	278,716	235,842	84.6	42,874	15.4	28,132	65.6

 

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 2004-2018 (Cont.)

Fiscal year of initial DDS decisionb	Reconsiderations						Appeals beyond reconsideration e
	Pending	Continuations		Cessations	Appeals 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
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	—	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	—	443	30.0	1,034
2013	1	2,944	60.5	1,922	1,366	71.1	10	394	29.1	962
2014	3	3,873	59.9	2,588	1,885	72.8	16	536	28.7	1,333
2015	20	5,597	59.8	3,764	2,660	70.7	109	622	24.4	1,929
2016	65	5,444	62.1	3,320	2,268	68.3	653	386	23.9	1,229
2017	429	6,203	65.4	3,275	2,066	63.1	1,413	145	22.2	508
2018	2,730	4,621	73.1	1,699	836	49.2	786	9	18.0	41
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	—	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	1,275	77.2	4	409	32.2	862
2013	1	1,784	62.4	1,077	784	72.8	6	223	28.7	555
2014	1	2,705	59.6	1,830	1,307	71.4	7	373	28.7	927
2015	53	10,017	58.3	7,156	5,021	70.2	193	1,126	23.3	3,702
2016	223	11,492	61.3	7,256	4,928	67.9	1,553	728	21.6	2,647
2017	1,140	14,195	62.9	8,376	5,389	64.3	3,594	315	17.5	1,480
2018	5,981	9,558	73.0	3,543	1,828	51.6	1,704	12	9.7	112
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
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	—	1,425	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	2,752	77.0	4	852	31.0	1,896
2013	2	4,728	61.2	2,999	2,150	71.7	16	617	28.9	1,517
2014	4	6,578	59.8	4,418	3,192	72.2	23	909	28.7	2,260
2015	73	15,614	58.8	10,920	7,681	70.3	302	1,748	23.7	5,631
2016	288	16,936	61.6	10,576	7,196	68.0	2,206	1,114	22.3	3,876
2017	1,569	20,398	63.6	11,651	7,455	64.0	5,007	460	18.8	1,988
2018	8,711	14,179	73.0	5,242	2,664	50.8	2,490	21	12.1	153

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 2004-2018 (Cont.)

Fiscal year of initial DDS decisionb	Total initial decisions	Selected summary case information by decision status as of February 2019
		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
2004	84,622	79,420	—	5,202	93.9	—	6.1
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	46,734	—	3,981	92.2	—	7.8
2013	51,844	48,262	11	3,571	93.1	g	6.9
2014	62,400	57,887	19	4,494	92.8	g	7.2
2015	74,422	67,402	129	6,891	90.6	0.2	9.3
2016	74,680	67,981	718	5,981	91.0	1.0	8.0
2017	85,992	77,908	1,842	6,242	90.6	2.1	7.3
2018	84,090	74,785	3,516	5,789	88.9	4.2	6.9
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	17,121	—	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	4	3,386	92.7	g	7.3
2013	34,941	32,857	7	2,077	94.0	g	5.9
2014	49,810	46,630	8	3,172	93.6	g	6.4
2015	156,987	143,794	246	12,947	91.6	.2	8.2
2016	179,901	164,559	1,776	13,566	91.5	1.0	7.5
2017	202,608	182,953	4,734	14,921	90.3	2.3	7.4
2018	194,626	175,257	7,685	11,684	90.0	3.9	6.0
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
2004	305,751	290,217	—	15,534	94.9	—	5.1
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	89,783	4	7,367	92.4	g	7.6
2013	86,785	81,119	18	5,648	93.5	g	6.5
2014	112,210	104,517	27	7,666	93.1	g	6.8
2015	231,409	211,196	375	19,838	91.3	.2	8.6
2016	254,581	232,540	2,494	19,547	91.3	1.0	7.7
2017	288,600	260,861	6,576	21,163	90.4	2.3	7.3
2018	278,716	250,042	11,201	17,473	89.7	4.0	6.3

^a Data reflect results as of February 2019. The ultimate numbers of continuations and cessations are subject to change until all appeals are final.

^b For years prior to 2004, 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 2004-2018

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
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	2,092	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	2,989	35.2
2016	15,283	6,403	41.9	8,880	58.1	2,928	33.0
2017	14,921	6,648	44.6	8,273	55.4	2,705	32.7
2018	17,346	7,937	45.8	9,409	54.2	2,921	31.0
Redeterminations at age 18
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	17,773	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	22,867	50.8
2013	91,519	40,507	44.3	51,012	55.7	27,539	54.0
2014	85,708	37,022	43.2	48,686	56.8	26,488	54.4
2015	84,499	36,463	43.2	48,036	56.8	25,093	52.2
2016	81,025	34,924	43.1	46,101	56.9	23,403	50.8
2017	86,378	39,771	46.0	46,607	54.0	23,449	50.3
2018	81,662	38,857	47.6	42,805	52.4	20,787	48.6
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	1,200	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	18,964	59.4
2015	223,607	150,118	67.1	73,489	32.9	42,820	58.3
2016	261,185	183,221	70.1	77,964	29.9	44,866	57.5
2017	208,500	150,827	72.3	57,673	27.7	32,429	56.2
2018	229,341	177,077	77.2	52,264	22.8	28,907	55.3
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
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	18,951	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	38,195	48.7
2013	163,816	81,939	50.0	81,877	50.0	42,043	51.3
2014	192,827	101,256	52.5	91,571	47.5	49,371	53.9
2015	322,427	192,421	59.7	130,006	40.3	70,902	54.5
2016	357,493	224,548	62.8	132,945	37.2	71,197	53.6
2017	309,799	197,246	63.7	112,553	36.3	58,583	52.0
2018	328,349	223,871	68.2	104,478	31.8	52,615	50.4

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 2004-2018 (Cont.)

Fiscal year of initial DDS decisionb	Reconsiderations						Appeals beyond reconsideration e
	Pending	Continuations		Cessations	Appeals beyond reconsideration		Pending	Continuations		Cessations
		Number	Percentc		Numberf	Percentd		Number	Percent
Reviews of low-birth-weight children
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	—	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	—	158	12.9	1,064
2013	—	1,095	27.7	2,853	1,570	55.0	1	217	13.8	1,352
2014	—	1,166	29.8	2,753	1,421	51.6	6	187	13.2	1,228
2015	3	909	30.4	2,077	1,051	50.6	56	111	11.2	884
2016	25	1,000	34.4	1,903	939	49.3	277	75	11.3	587
2017	194	925	36.8	1,586	719	45.3	499	26	11.8	194
2018	1,276	702	42.7	943	337	35.7	311	2	7.7	24
Redeterminations at age 18
2004	—	3,531	30.5	8,054	4,646	57.7	—	1,298	27.9	3,348
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	—	2,668	19.9	10,747
2012	2	5,641	24.7	17,224	11,107	64.5	1	2,081	18.7	9,025
2013	—	6,201	22.5	21,338	12,661	59.3	19	2,108	16.7	10,534
2014	6	5,939	22.4	20,543	11,788	57.4	81	1,866	15.9	9,841
2015	73	5,721	22.9	19,299	10,794	55.9	403	1,450	14.0	8,941
2016	341	6,112	26.5	16,950	9,156	54.0	2,265	900	13.1	5,991
2017	1,960	6,503	30.3	14,986	7,503	50.1	4,726	347	12.5	2,430
2018	8,026	4,758	37.3	8,003	3,217	40.2	2,961	26	10.2	230
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	—	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	—	344	19.0	1,463
2012	—	3,717	30.2	8,591	5,949	69.2	2	957	16.1	4,990
2013	1	3,094	29.3	7,461	4,729	63.4	9	661	14.0	4,059
2014	5	5,610	29.6	13,349	8,438	63.2	30	1,225	14.6	7,183
2015	48	14,421	33.7	28,351	17,338	61.2	795	2,480	15.0	14,063
2016	498	16,362	36.9	28,006	16,211	57.9	5,122	1,607	14.5	9,482
2017	2,489	12,663	42.3	17,277	9,380	54.3	6,664	375	13.8	2,341
2018	11,292	9,198	52.2	8,417	3,742	44.5	3,530	19	9.0	193
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
2004	—	9,045	34.5	17,174	10,143	59.1	—	2,563	25.3	7,580
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	—	3,246	19.2	13,656
2012	2	10,226	26.8	27,967	18,278	65.4	3	3,196	17.5	15,079
2013	1	10,390	24.7	31,652	18,960	59.9	29	2,986	15.8	15,945
2014	11	12,715	25.8	36,645	21,647	59.1	117	3,278	15.2	18,252
2015	124	21,051	29.7	49,727	29,183	58.7	1,254	4,041	14.5	23,888
2016	864	23,474	33.4	46,859	26,306	56.1	7,664	2,582	13.9	16,060
2017	4,643	20,091	37.2	33,849	17,602	52.0	11,889	748	13.1	4,965
2018	20,594	14,658	45.8	17,363	7,296	42.0	6,802	47	9.5	447

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 2004-2018 (Cont.)

Fiscal year of initial DDS decisionb	Total initial decisions	Selected summary case information by decision status as of February 2019
		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
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	1,579	—	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	7,513	—	8,903	45.8	—	54.2
2013	19,299	8,984	1	10,314	46.6	g	53.4
2014	18,126	8,527	6	9,593	47.0	g	52.9
2015	14,321	6,860	59	7,402	47.9	0.4	51.7
2016	15,283	7,478	302	7,503	48.9	2.0	49.1
2017	14,921	7,599	693	6,629	50.9	4.6	44.4
2018	17,346	8,641	1,587	7,118	49.8	9.1	41.0
Redeterminations at age 18
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	43,581	—	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	51,934	—	41,322	55.7	—	44.3
2012	81,568	44,307	3	37,258	54.3	g	45.7
2013	91,519	48,816	19	42,684	53.3	g	46.6
2014	85,708	44,827	87	40,794	52.3	.1	47.6
2015	84,499	43,634	476	40,389	51.6	.6	47.8
2016	81,025	41,936	2,606	36,483	51.8	3.2	45.0
2017	86,378	46,621	6,686	33,071	54.0	7.7	38.3
2018	81,662	43,641	10,987	27,034	53.4	13.5	33.1
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	3,786	—	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	18,807	—	6,359	74.7	—	25.3
2012	64,834	45,943	2	18,889	70.9	g	29.1
2013	52,998	37,515	10	15,473	70.8	g	29.2
2014	88,993	63,895	35	25,063	71.8	g	28.2
2015	223,607	167,019	843	55,745	74.7	.4	24.9
2016	261,185	201,190	5,620	54,375	77.0	2.2	20.8
2017	208,500	163,865	9,153	35,482	78.6	4.4	17.0
2018	229,341	186,294	14,822	28,225	81.2	6.5	12.3
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
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	48,670	—	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	79,651	—	58,130	57.8	—	42.2
2012	162,818	97,763	5	65,050	60.0	g	40.0
2013	163,816	95,315	30	68,471	58.2	g	41.8
2014	192,827	117,249	128	75,450	60.8	.1	39.1
2015	322,427	217,513	1,378	103,536	67.5	.4	32.1
2016	357,493	250,604	8,528	98,361	70.1	2.4	27.5
2017	309,799	218,085	16,532	75,182	70.4	5.3	24.3
2018	328,349	238,576	27,396	62,377	72.7	8.3	19.0

^a Data reflect results as of February 2019. The ultimate numbers of continuations and cessations are subject to change until all appeals are final.

^b For years prior to 2004, 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/index.html.

3

The most recent such report can be found at www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/nbs/2015/nbs-statistics-2015.pdf.

4

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.

5

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 December 19, 2016, presented estimates of the effects of CDRs conducted in fiscal year 2014.

6

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.