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Annual Data for Appeals Council Requests for Review Average Processing Time

Federal Data Catalog Identifier: US-GOV-SSA-1554

This dataset provides annual data for 1989–2016 for the average processing time (elapsed time in days) for dispositions by the Appeals Council (AC) (both Administrative Appeals Judges and Adjudicative Officers issue AC decisions) on requests for review of hearing level decisions or dismissals. We provide this dataset to show a picture of the time it took to process these requests for review. It should be noted that the AC does not always process cases on a first in first out basis and processing times can vary based on individual case characteristics.

Data Dictionary

Fiscal Year (FY): A 12-month period that starts the Saturday after the last Friday of September and ends the last Friday of September.

Average Processing Time (in days): The average number of days from receipt to disposition that it took for the AC to complete their processing of requests for review.

Data Asset Metadata

Data File

Updated:

Data time period:
Fiscal years 1989–2016

File format:
comma-separated values (CSV)

Download:
Appeals-Council-Avg-Proc-Time.csv