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Profile of Participant Involvement at Hearings Held
12/28/2000

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

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