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Social Security Assistants (SSA) Almanac Information for
Disability Afterthought Average Processing Fourth dimension
(excludes technical denials)

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This dataset contains data for fiscal years 2014 onward and is currently available in the post-obit formats:

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Background

We process disability claims for benefits through two programs: the Social Security disability insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. An application for inability benefits can be filed online, in the local Social Security role, or by phone. Nosotros review the application to brand certain some basic requirements for disability benefits are met. In some instances, including where the non-disability requirements are non met, the claim may be turned down as a technical denial and a medical conclusion is not made.

If the requirements are met, we send the disability application to the Disability Determination Services (DDS) office in the state in which the applicant resides. Using federal laws, regulations, and Agency policies and procedures, the state agency completes the disability conclusion for Social Security. In improver, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reviews a sample of initial inability claims prior to a concluding determination. Once these actions are completed, payment is fabricated for allowances or notices are issued for denials.

When we make decision on your claim, we will transport you a letter explaining our decision. If yous practise non concord with our conclusion, yous can appeal it. The outset level of appeal is reconsideration. A reconsideration is a complete review of your claim by someone who didn't take part in the kickoff determination. That person will wait at all the bear witness used to brand the original decision, plus whatsoever new evidence.

If you're appealing a decision about your medical condition, your reconsideration will be handled past a process nosotros call example review. In this kind of reconsideration, we wait at your instance without coming together with yous. But you have the correct to see what's in your file earlier we look at your example. Y'all can likewise give us more information about your example.

The information contained in these datasets bear witness the overall cumulative number of elapsed days (including processing time for transit, medical determinations, and quality review) from the date of filing through the engagement payment is made or the deprival discover is issued for all reconsideration claims that crave a medical determination for fiscal years 2014 and later.

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Agency Program Description

To learn more near SSA'due south disability programs, become to: Benefits for People with Disabilities

For more than information virtually the afterthought process, go to: The Appeals Process.

For a description of the SSA Retirement Insurance Program, go to: Retirement Benefits

To acquire more near SSA's disablity program technical denials, go to: SSA's disablity program technical denials

To acquire more most SSI technical denials, become to: SSI technical denials

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Dataset Description

This dataset provides the overall cumulative number of elapsed days (including processing time for transit, medical determinations, and SSA quality review) from the date of filing through the date payment is made or the denial notice is issued for all reconsideration claims that require a medical decision. The information includes annual processing time for fiscal years 2014 and later.

The average processing fourth dimension is the full number of days to process all afterthought inability claims requiring a medical determination divided by the total number of reconsideration disability claims requiring a medical determination that nosotros procedure during a particular fiscal year.

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Data Collection Description

Nosotros electronically collect elapsed time in days for every disability afterthought case processed. We currently use our business intelligence capabilities to nowadays the data that is in our information stores.

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Data Dictionary

Fiscal Twelvemonth (FY): The 12-month catamenia from October 1st through September 30th.

Average Processing Time (days): The average processing (elapsed) fourth dimension in days for reconsideration disability claims, including combined initial Title II inability and Title 16 blind/disabled determinations, excluding technical denials, for the FY.

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