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Quarterly Reports for Fiscal Year 2022

In this section:
2023  |  2022  |  2021
 
 
Appeals pending at end of quarter
Quarter Legacy Cases Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) Cases Total Cases
1st 85,768 115,029 200,797
2nd 75,369 124,743 200,112
3rd 68,762 133,895 202,657
4th 62,711 146,824 209,535
Hearings pending at end of quarter
Quarter Legacy Hearings AMA Hearings Total Hearings
1st 23,950 58,816 82,766
2nd 15,850 62,168 78,018
3rd 10,570 64,576 74,146
4th 7,150 67,261 74,411
Hearings
Quarter Scheduled hearings Held hearings Scheduled hearings Fiscal Year To-Date (FYTD) Held hearings FYTD*
1st 14,839 8,025 14,839 8,025
2nd 14,646 8,021 29,485 16,046
3rd 13,570 7,800 42,642 23,846
4th 10,300 6,243 52,942 30,089
84% held virtually
Appeals decided
Quarter Legacy AMA FYTD
1st 16,280 4,189 20,469
2nd 19,219 5,563 45,251
3rd 18,466 6,350 70,067
4th 17,800 7,427 95,294
AMA average days to complete (Fiscal Year to Date)
Quarter Direct Evidence Hearing
1st 321 350 359
2nd 344 350 674
3rd 359 371 691
4th 363 382 700
Timeliness Goal 365 550 730
AMA average days pending
Quarter Direct Evidence Hearing
1st 296 383 496
2nd 329 434 531
3rd 367 479 568
4th 393 520 596
Appeal receipts
Quarter Legacy AMA** AMA Caregiver FYTD Totals
1st 9,518 14,042 151 23,711
2nd 8,820 14,973 304 47,808
3rd 11,859 15,278 224 75,169
4th 11,749 20,318 38 107,274
**Appeal receipts excludes AMA appeals pending intake.
Dispositions by issue (FYTD Q4)
Type Issues Decided Grant Deny Remand Other
Legacy Issues 209,151 21% 24% 47% 8%
AMA | Direct 23,151 23% 34% 35% 8%
AMA | Evidence 9,780 26% 33% 31% 10%
AMA | Hearing 24,891 29% 22% 32% 17%
Total 266,973 22% 25% 44% 9%
Dispositions by hierarchy*** (FYTD Q4)
Type Appeals Decided Grant Deny Remand Other
Legacy Issues 71,765 35% 17% 42% 6%
AMA | Direct 10,291 34% 25% 32% 10%
AMA | Evidence 3,664 40% 18% 31% 11%
AMA | Hearing 9,574 44% 15% 26% 15%
Total 95,294 36% 18% 39% 7%
***Disposition of multi-issue decisions allocated in following hierarchy: allowance, remand, denial, other.

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