The National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives has just published the Social Security disability allowance/denial figures for Fiscal Year 2013. They don’t look good.
Seeing them caused me to go back to some old figures I had, from Fiscal Year 2002. Here is a comparison of the Allowance percentages in 2002 and 2013:
Disability (Title II) and SSI Disability (Title XVI) Determinations and Appeals
Fiscal Year 2002 and Fiscal Year 2013
| Initial Level | |||
| 2002 Allowed 35% |
2013 Allowed 33% |
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| Reconsideration Level | |||
| 2002 Allowed 16% |
2013 Allowed 11% |
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| Hearing Level | |||
| 2002 Allowed 61% |
2013 Allowed 48% |
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| Appeals Council | |||
| 2002 Allowed 3% |
2013 Allowed 1% |
2002 Remanded 25% | 2013 Remanded 17% |
From: The National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives
