The overall hearing appeal decision is approved before the hearing resolutions are implemented.
The hearing official submits a hearing appeal decision for approval. The hearing appeal decision is then approved or rejected by the senior hearing official. If the hearing official has decision approval rights as part of his or her security profile, or if the senior hearing official submits the hearing appeal decision, the decision is automatically approved.
Hearing appeal decisions submitted for approval have a status of submitted; approved hearing case decisions have a status of approved.
If the hearing appeal decision is rejected, it's status returns to open. The hearing appeal decision must be resubmitted to progress in the lifecycle.
Once the hearing appeal decision is approved or rejected, the hearing appeal deadline task is completed and the hearing appeal is automatically closed by the system.