2022 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 Report on Supplemental Security Income Non-medical Redeterminations.³

 

Table V.D1.—SSI Non-medical Redeterminations^a and Limited Issues Completed, Fiscal Years 1986‑2021 

[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
2019	2,466	200	2,666
2020	g 1,873	280	2,153
2021	g 1,963	404	2,367

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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.

g

We completed fewer non-medical redeterminations in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 because of limitations on our field office staff and SSI recipients attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

2. Medical Continuing Disability Reviews

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 2021, we deferred full medical reviews for 510,189 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 4,721 centrally initiated medical CDRs involving SSI recipients in fiscal year 2021 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 1993-2021

[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
2020	42	110	152	7	44	107	158	310
2021	40	115	155	10	62	136	209	364

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a

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

b

Fewer than 500.

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 2007-2021  

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
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	9,362	70.7
2016			74,680	62,151	83.2	12,529	16.8	8,791	70.2
2017			85,992	71,560	83.2	14,432	16.8	9,805	67.9
2018			84,090	70,155	83.4	13,935	16.6	9,138	65.6
2019			69,338	58,336	84.1	11,002	15.9	7,071	64.3
2020			41,825	36,194	86.5	5,631	13.5	3,465	61.5
2021			39,571	32,301	81.6	7,270	18.4	3,949	54.3
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	2,861	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	17,178	70.6
2016			179,901	152,339	84.7	27,562	15.3	18,830	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	19,310	66.7
2019			168,055	140,343	83.5	27,712	16.5	17,131	61.8
2020			110,265	96,162	87.2	14,103	12.8	8,545	60.6
2021			115,239	93,969	81.5	21,270	18.5	11,182	52.6
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
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	7,728	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	26,540	70.6
2016			254,581	214,490	84.3	40,091	15.7	27,621	68.9
2017			288,600	240,003	83.2	48,597	16.8	33,201	68.3
2018			278,716	235,842	84.6	42,874	15.4	28,448	66.4
2019			237,393	198,679	83.7	38,714	16.3	24,202	62.5
2020			152,090	132,356	87.0	19,734	13.0	12,010	60.9
2021			154,810	126,270	81.6	28,540	18.4	15,131	53.0
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
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	—	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	—	556	29.6	1,320
2015	—	5,597	59.8	3,765	2,656	70.5	—	714	26.9	1,942
2016	1	5,452	62.0	3,338	2,325	69.7	4	603	26.0	1,718
2017	1	6,334	64.6	3,470	2,262	65.2	57	607	27.5	1,598
2018	2	6,026	66.0	3,110	1,962	63.1	294	469	28.1	1,199
2019	77	4,577	65.4	2,417	1,542	63.8	579	296	30.7	667
2020	415	2,065	67.7	985	551	55.9	341	67	31.9	143
2021	1,562	1,780	74.6	607	245	40.4	217	10	35.7	18
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	1,271	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	—	384	29.4	920
2015	1	10,016	58.3	7,161	5,001	69.8	—	1,287	25.7	3,714
2016	3	11,525	61.2	7,302	5,020	68.7	12	1,295	25.9	3,713
2017	—	14,503	62.0	8,893	5,873	66.0	136	1,409	24.6	4,328
2018	7	12,619	65.4	6,684	4,211	63.0	649	939	26.4	2,623
2019	217	10,999	65.0	5,915	3,570	60.4	1,454	562	26.6	1,554
2020	946	5,061	66.6	2,538	1,266	49.9	830	146	33.5	290
2021	4,428	4,993	73.9	1,761	680	38.6	619	28	45.9	33
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
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	2,748	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	—	940	29.6	2,240
2015	1	15,613	58.8	10,926	7,657	70.1	—	2,001	26.1	5,656
2016	4	16,977	61.5	10,640	7,345	69.0	16	1,898	25.9	5,431
2017	1	20,837	62.8	12,363	8,135	65.8	193	2,016	25.4	5,926
2018	9	18,645	65.6	9,794	6,173	63.0	943	1,408	26.9	3,822
2019	294	15,576	65.1	8,332	5,112	61.4	2,033	858	27.9	2,221
2020	1,361	7,126	66.9	3,523	1,817	51.6	1,171	213	33.0	433
2021	5,990	6,773	74.1	2,368	925	39.1	836	38	42.7	51
Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b			Total initial decisions	Selected summary case information by decision status as of February 2022
				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
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	48,267	—	3,577	93.1	—	6.9
2014			62,400	57,907	—	4,493	92.8	—	7.2
2015			74,422	67,494	—	6,928	90.7	—	9.3
2016			74,680	68,206	5	6,469	91.3	g	8.7
2017			85,992	78,501	58	7,433	91.3	.1	8.6
2018			84,090	76,650	296	7,144	91.2	.4	8.5
2019			69,338	63,209	656	5,473	91.2	.9	7.9
2020			41,825	38,326	756	2,743	91.6	1.8	6.6
2021			39,571	34,091	1,779	3,701	86.2	4.5	9.4
Title XVI initiated reviews
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	43,050	—	3,389	92.7	—	7.3
2013			34,941	32,861	—	2,080	94.0	—	6.0
2014			49,810	46,641	—	3,169	93.6	—	6.4
2015			156,987	143,954	1	13,032	91.7	g	8.3
2016			179,901	165,159	15	14,727	91.8	g	8.2
2017			202,608	184,355	136	18,117	91.0	.1	8.9
2018			194,626	179,245	656	14,725	92.1	.3	7.6
2019			168,055	151,904	1,671	14,480	90.4	1.0	8.6
2020			110,265	101,369	1,776	7,120	91.9	1.6	6.5
2021			115,239	98,990	5,047	11,202	85.9	4.4	9.7
Total reviews, SSI disabled adults
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	89,786	—	7,368	92.4	—	7.6
2013			86,785	81,128	—	5,657	93.5	—	6.5
2014			112,210	104,548	—	7,662	93.2	—	6.8
2015			231,409	211,448	1	19,960	91.4	g	8.6
2016			254,581	233,365	20	21,196	91.7	g	8.3
2017			288,600	262,856	194	25,550	91.1	.1	8.9
2018			278,716	255,895	952	21,869	91.8	.3	7.8
2019			237,393	215,113	2,327	19,953	90.6	1.0	8.4
2020			152,090	139,695	2,532	9,863	91.9	1.7	6.5
2021			154,810	133,081	6,826	14,903	86.0	4.4	9.6

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a

Data reflect results as of February 2022. The ultimate numbers of continuations and cessations are subject to change until all appeals are final.

b

For years prior to 2007, 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 2007-2021

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
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	2,914	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	1,967	30.6
2020			7,312	3,710	50.7	3,602	49.3	969	26.9
2021			10,296	4,852	47.1	5,444	52.9	1,251	23.0
Redeterminations at age 18
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	22,865	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	25,051	52.2
2016			81,025	34,924	43.1	46,101	56.9	23,259	50.5
2017			86,378	39,771	46.0	46,607	54.0	23,325	50.0
2018			81,662	38,857	47.6	42,805	52.4	21,212	49.6
2019			67,512	32,704	48.4	34,808	51.6	16,688	47.9
2020			43,754	22,644	51.8	21,110	48.2	9,296	44.0
2021			62,431	29,913	47.9	32,518	52.1	11,917	36.6
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	42,795	58.2
2016			261,185	183,221	70.1	77,964	29.9	44,670	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	29,351	56.2
2019			173,923	137,898	79.3	36,025	20.7	19,677	54.6
2020			106,636	86,795	81.4	19,841	18.6	10,028	50.5
2021			136,371	106,714	78.3	29,657	21.7	12,674	42.7
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
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	38,193	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	70,833	54.5
2016			357,493	224,548	62.8	132,945	37.2	70,843	53.3
2017			309,799	197,246	63.7	112,553	36.3	58,155	51.7
2018			328,349	223,871	68.2	104,478	31.8	53,533	51.2
2019			253,141	175,881	69.5	77,260	30.5	38,332	49.6
2020			157,702	113,149	71.7	44,553	28.3	20,293	45.5
2021			209,098	141,479	67.7	67,619	32.3	25,842	38.2
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
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	1,052	50.6	—	125	11.9	927
2016	1	1,001	34.4	1,912	966	50.5	4	146	15.2	816
2017	—	957	35.7	1,722	834	48.4	17	123	15.1	694
2018	1	1,043	35.1	1,926	904	46.9	136	129	16.8	639
2019	28	714	36.8	1,225	522	42.6	162	61	16.9	299
2020	128	310	36.9	531	170	32.0	119	12	23.5	39
2021	640	301	49.3	310	75	24.2	70	1	20.0	4
Redeterminations at age 18
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	—	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	—	1,928	16.4	9,848
2015	2	5,721	22.8	19,328	10,803	55.9	1	1,627	15.1	9,175
2016	4	6,123	26.3	17,132	9,446	55.1	19	1,396	14.8	8,031
2017	3	6,777	29.1	16,545	8,810	53.2	242	1,358	15.8	7,210
2018	15	6,459	30.5	14,738	7,326	49.7	962	1,135	17.8	5,229
2019	271	5,078	30.9	11,339	5,515	48.6	2,045	730	21.0	2,740
2020	1,271	2,524	31.5	5,501	2,210	40.2	1,441	195	25.4	574
2021	5,679	2,285	36.6	3,953	1,170	29.6	1,054	37	31.9	79
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	—	1,258	14.9	7,178
2015	—	14,421	33.7	28,374	17,349	61.1	4	2,760	15.9	14,585
2016	1	16,391	36.7	28,278	16,702	59.1	32	2,711	16.3	13,959
2017	—	13,062	40.6	19,089	10,782	56.5	305	1,904	18.2	8,573
2018	16	12,790	43.6	16,545	9,334	56.4	1,324	1,612	20.1	6,398
2019	196	8,906	45.7	10,575	5,612	53.1	1,863	920	24.5	2,829
2020	1,072	4,176	46.6	4,780	2,016	42.2	1,267	196	26.2	553
2021	5,325	4,222	57.4	3,127	1,018	32.6	924	17	18.1	77
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
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	—	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	—	3,378	15.6	18,254
2015	2	21,051	29.7	49,780	29,204	58.7	5	4,512	15.5	24,687
2016	6	23,515	33.2	47,322	27,114	57.3	55	4,253	15.7	22,806
2017	3	20,796	35.8	37,356	20,426	54.7	564	3,385	17.0	16,477
2018	32	20,292	37.9	33,209	17,564	52.9	2,422	2,876	19.0	12,266
2019	495	14,698	38.8	23,139	11,649	50.3	4,070	1,711	22.6	5,868
2020	2,471	7,010	39.3	10,812	4,396	40.7	2,827	403	25.7	1,166
2021	11,644	6,808	48.0	7,390	2,263	30.6	2,048	55	25.6	160
Fiscal year of initial DDS decision b			Total initial decisions	Selected summary case information by decision status as of February 2022
				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
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	6,874	—	7,447	48.0	—	52.0
2016			15,283	7,550	5	7,728	49.4	g	50.6
2017			14,921	7,728	17	7,176	51.8	.1	48.1
2018			17,346	9,109	137	8,100	52.5	.8	46.7
2019			11,706	6,054	190	5,462	51.7	1.6	46.7
2020			7,312	4,032	247	3,033	55.1	3.4	41.5
2021			10,296	5,154	710	4,432	50.1	6.9	43.0
Redeterminations at age 18
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	44,310	—	37,258	54.3	—	45.7
2013			91,519	48,832	—	42,687	53.4	—	46.6
2014			85,708	44,889	—	40,819	52.4	—	47.6
2015			84,499	43,811	3	40,685	51.8	g	48.1
2016			81,025	42,443	23	38,559	52.4	g	47.6
2017			86,378	47,906	245	38,227	55.5	.3	44.3
2018			81,662	46,451	977	34,234	56.9	1.2	41.9
2019			67,512	38,512	2,316	26,684	57.0	3.4	39.5
2020			43,754	25,363	2,712	15,679	58.0	6.2	35.8
2021			62,431	32,235	6,733	23,463	51.6	10.8	37.6
All other reviews of SSI disabled children
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	63,928	—	25,065	71.8	—	28.2
2015			223,607	167,299	4	56,304	74.8	g	25.2
2016			261,185	202,323	33	58,829	77.5	g	22.5
2017			208,500	165,793	305	42,402	79.5	.1	20.3
2018			229,341	191,479	1,340	36,522	83.5	.6	15.9
2019			173,923	147,724	2,059	24,140	84.9	1.2	13.9
2020			106,636	91,167	2,339	13,130	85.5	2.2	12.3
2021			136,371	110,953	6,249	19,169	81.4	4.6	14.1
Total reviews, SSI disabled children
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	97,770	—	65,048	60.0	—	40.0
2013			163,816	95,337	—	68,479	58.2	—	41.8
2014			192,827	117,349	—	75,478	60.9	—	39.1
2015			322,427	217,984	7	104,436	67.6	g	32.4
2016			357,493	252,316	61	105,116	70.6	g	29.4
2017			309,799	221,427	567	87,805	71.5	.2	28.3
2018			328,349	247,039	2,454	78,856	75.2	.7	24.0
2019			253,141	192,290	4,565	56,286	76.0	1.8	22.2
2020			157,702	120,562	5,298	31,842	76.4	3.4	20.2
2021			209,098	148,342	13,692	47,064	70.9	6.5	22.5

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a

Data reflect results as of February 2022. The ultimate numbers of continuations and cessations are subject to change until all appeals are final.

b

For years prior to 2007, 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%202016%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 30, 2020, presented estimates of the effects of CDRs conducted in fiscal year 2016.

7

For years prior to 2006, see the most recent Annual Report of Continuing Disability Reviews for the summary of results for all years since 1993.