Aspects of Disability Decision Making: Data and Materials
Aspects of Disability Decision Making: Data and Materials
Aspects of Disability Decision Making: Data and Materials
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57. Appeals Council Dispositions—Fiscal Years 1975-2010100,00090,00080,000Thous<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Cases70,00060,00050,00040,00030,000DeniedRem<strong>and</strong>edDismissedAllowed20,00010,00001975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010Over the years, most <strong>of</strong> the cases h<strong>and</strong>led by the Appeals Council have been either denied or rem<strong>and</strong>edback to the ALJ hearing level. The increase in dispositions through 2000 reflects a marked increase in thenumber <strong>of</strong> requests for Appeals Council review beginning in 1996 through 2000. As the number <strong>of</strong> casesbeing reviewed as grown, so has the number <strong>of</strong> cases being rem<strong>and</strong>ed back to the ALJs. However, the percentage<strong>of</strong> rem<strong>and</strong>s has declined from 40 percent <strong>of</strong> all Appeals Council dispositions in 1990, to 22 percent<strong>of</strong> dispositions in 2010.62 <strong>Aspects</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Disability</strong> <strong>Decision</strong> <strong>Making</strong>: <strong>Data</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Materials</strong>
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