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Quarterly Reports for Fiscal Year 2023

In this section:
2023  |  2022  |  2021
 
 
Appeals pending at end of quarter
Quarter Legacy Cases Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) Cases Total Cases
1st 56,807 157,781 214,588
2nd 44,373 170,964 215,337
3rd 34,422 179,630 214,052
4th 24,145 184,010 208,155
Hearings pending at end of quarter
Quarter Legacy AMA Total
1st 5,648 68,744 74,422
2nd 3,591 70,327 73,918
3rd 1,714 70,792 72,506
4th 1,054 71,411 72,465
Hearings
Quarter Scheduled Held Scheduled Fiscal Year To-Date (FYTD) Held FYTD*
1st 6,766 4,119 6,766 4,119
2nd 8,531 5,342 15,297 9,461
3rd 8,608 5,394 23,905 14,855
4th 7,213 4,579 31,118 19,434
*77% held virtually
Appeals decided
Quarter Legacy AMA FYTD
1st 16,271 5,994 22,265
2nd 20,106 6,210 48,581
3rd 16,831 8,181 73,593
4th 17,376 12,276 103,245
AMA average days to complete (Fiscal Year to Date)
Quarter Direct Evidence Hearing
1st 353 393 670
2nd 319 390 707
3rd 312 403 847
4th 314 695 927
Timeliness Goal 365 550 730
AMA average days pending
Quarter Direct Evidence Hearing
1st 440 575 638
2nd 481 616 669
3rd 526 665 686
4th 577 682 700
Appeal receipts**
Quarter Legacy AMA FYTD Totals
1st 10,367 16,951 27,318
2nd 7,672 19,393 54,383
3rd 6,880 16,847 78,110
4th 7,099 16,656 101,865
**Appeal receipts excludes AMA appeals pending intake.
Dispositions by issue (FYTD)
Type Issues Decided Grant Deny Remand Other
Legacy Issues 214,877 20% 25% 48% 7%
AMA | Direct 21,421 22% 33% 32% 13%
AMA | Evidence 16,800 26% 29% 32% 14%
AMA | Hearing 46,405 25% 22% 32% 21%
Total 299,503 21% 25% 43% 10%
Dispositions by hierarchy*** (FYTD)
Type Appeals Decided Grant Deny Remand Other
Legacy 70,584 34% 17% 44% 6%
AMA | Direct 8,931 33% 22% 30% 14%
AMA | Evidence 6,136 40% 17% 30% 14%
AMA | Hearing 17,594 39% 14% 26% 20%
Total 103,245 35% 17% 39% 9%
***Disposition of multi-issue decisions allocated in following hierarchy: grant, remand, deny, and other.

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