Profile of Participant Involvement at Hearings Held
Fiscal Year 2000
|
Profile of Participants |
Percent of Involvement |
Change from FY 1999 |
|
Claimant |
91.9% |
-0.4% |
|
Attorney |
69.5% |
-1.7% |
|
Other (family, friend) |
28.0% |
-0.1% |
|
Vocational Expert (VE) |
49.6% |
2.2% |
|
Non-Attorney |
16.4% |
-0.2% |
|
Medical Expert |
17.8% |
1.5% |
|
Translator |
4.8% |
-0.1% |
|
Claimant’s Physician |
1.5% |
0.9% |
Attorney and Non-Attorney Representation and The Percent of Favorable Decisions for Total Dispositions
- 58.6% of all the dispositions in FY 2000 had attorney involvement and 13.4% had non-attorney involvement.
- Because both an attorney and a non-attorney were present in 3.2% of the cases, a total of 68.8% of the dispositions were represented.
- The percent of favorable decisions for those claimants represented by an attorney was 63.6% compared to 40.1% for those claimants without an attorney.
- Of the 68.8% of the claimants represented, the percent of favorable decisions was 62.6%.
For those claimants not represented, the percent of favorable decisions was 40.1%.
Source:
NOSSCR, Social Security Forum, Volume 23, No. 4-April, 2001