Saturday, February 27, 2016

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY APPROVAL RATES - 2015

The following chart shows Social Security disability award (approval) rates at various stages of review:


 2015 Waterfall
 Award rates are down at all levels.  Here is how awards by administrative law judges (hearings) have taken a free fall since 2010.  Award rates by year:

2010    62%
2011    58%
2012    53%
2013    48%
2014    45%
2015    42%*

No one knows why the award rates bottomed out or if the free fall is over.  The usual suspects are Congressional pressure and hostile media coverage.
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2015 rates are estimated.  










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