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Quarterly Reports for Fiscal Year 2021
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Workload challenges | Appeals pending at end of quarter | Hearings pending at end of quarter | Hearings | Appeals decided | AMA average days to complete | AMA average days pending | Appeal receipts | Dispositions by issue (FYTD Q4) | Dispositions by hierarchy (FYTD Q4)
Workload challenges | Appeals pending at end of quarter | Hearings pending at end of quarter | Hearings | Appeals decided | AMA average days to complete | AMA average days pending | Appeal receipts | Dispositions by issue (FYTD Q4) | Dispositions by hierarchy (FYTD Q4)
| Quarter | Legacy Cases | Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) Cases | Total Cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 120,795 | 61,416 | 182,211 |
| 2nd | 114,531 | 81,516 | 196,047 |
| 3rd | 103,167 | 94,625 | 197,792 |
| 4th | 92,530 | 105,025 | 197,555 |
| Quarter | Legacy Hearings | AMA Hearings | Total Hearings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 52,633 | 35,814 | 88,447 |
| 2nd | 46,617 | 45,166 | 91,783 |
| 3rd | 40,312 | 50,655 | 90,967 |
| 4th | 32,574 | 54,750 | 87,324 |
| Quarter | Scheduled hearings | Held hearings | Scheduled hearings Fiscal Year To-Date (FYTD) | Held hearings FYTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5,341 | 3,506 | 5,341 | 3,506 |
| 2nd | 11,376 | 6,184 | 16,717 | 9,690 |
| 3rd | 11,785 | 6,605 | 28,502 | 16,295 |
| 4th | 13,513 | 7,482 | 42,015 | 23,777 |
| 96% held virtually | ||||
| Quarter | Legacy | AMA | FYTD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 18,125 | 4,441 | 22,566 |
| 2nd | 19,113 | 6,994 | 48,673 |
| 3rd | 20,510 | 4,322 | 73,505 |
| 4th | 21,479 | 4,737 | 99,721 |
| Quarter | Direct | Evidence | Hearing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 466 | 328 | 311 |
| 2nd | 492 | 357 | 307 |
| 3rd | 511 | 355 | 301 |
| 4th | 547 | 338 | 300 |
| *ADP and ADC calculations were updated in September to accurately measure timeliness of Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) cases from the court mandate date as opposed to the original notice of disagreement. CAVC cases are typically less then 1% of the Board’s AMA workload pending. | |||
| Quarter | Direct | Evidence | Hearing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 381 | 297 | 256 |
| 2nd | 381 | 280 | 229 |
| 3rd | 413 | 313 | 261 |
| 4th | 452 | 341 | 257 |
| Quarter | AMA** | Legacy Remands | Legacy Original Appeals | FYTD Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12,864 | 15,054 | 2,126 | 30,044 |
| 2nd | 27,094 | 11,089 | 1,760 | 69,987 |
| 3rd | 17,431 | 8,243 | 903 | 96,564 |
| 4th | 15,137 | 10,368 | 474 | 122,543 |
| **Appeal receipts excludes AMA appeals pending intake. | ||||
| Type | Issues Decided | Grant | Deny | Remand | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Issues | 221,135 | 19% | 30% | 43% | 8% |
| AMA | Direct | 30,596 | 23% | 37% | 33% | 7% |
| AMA | Evidence | 7,922 | 27% | 33% | 31% | 9% |
| AMA | Hearing | 11,032 | 30% | 21% | 33% | 16% |
| Total | 270,685 | 20% | 31% | 41% | 8% |
| Type | Appeals Decided | Grant | Deny | Remand | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Issues | 79,227 | 32% | 22% | 40% | 6% |
| AMA | Direct | 13,282 | 35% | 28% | 29% | 8% |
| AMA | Evidence | 3,158 | 41% | 22% | 27% | 10% |
| AMA | Hearing | 4,054 | 47% | 14% | 25% | 15% |
| Total | 99,721 | 33% | 22% | 38% | 7% |
| ***Disposition of multi-issue decisions allocated in following hierarchy: allowance, remand, denial, other. | |||||
