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Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced the number of disability hearings pending stands at 697,437 cases — the lowest level since June 2005 and down more than 71,000 cases since December 2008, when the trend of month-by-month reductions began. In addition, the average processing time for hearing decisions has decreased to 442 days, down from a high of 514 days at the end of fiscal year (FY) 2008.

Social Security hearings backlog falls to lowest level since 2005

Posted on 11:06 pm, Saturday, April 3, 2010. Tags: ,

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, has announced the number of disability hearings pending stands at 697,437 cases — the lowest level since June 2005 and down more than 71,000 cases since December 2008, when the trend of month-by-month reductions began. In addition, the average processing time for hearing decisions has decreased to 442 […]

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Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today asked the agency’s Inspector General to investigate allegations that the states of California and Hawaii have recently implemented practices that deny applicants the right to receive full consideration of their Social Security disability claims.

Inspector General asked to investigate California, Hawaii Disability Determination Services

Posted on 1:58 pm, Friday, November 20, 2009. Tags: , , ,

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today asked the agency’s Inspector General to investigate allegations that the states of California and Hawaii have recently implemented practices that deny applicants the right to receive full consideration of their Social Security disability claims.

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