Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public

Administrative Law Judge

Warner, Melissa

SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE Trending up

Lifetime approval rate

71.8%

+14.0 pts vs national

Total decisions

245

Fully favorable

120

49.0%

Partially favorable

56

22.9%

Denials

69

28.2%

Total dispositions

367

Dismissals

122

33.2%

Awards

176

3-year trend

Rising

FY2025 decision breakdown

Fully fav.

Partial

Denied

Fully fav. 49.0%Partially fav. 22.9%Denied 28.2%

Approval rate history

FY2011

55.4%401 dec

FY2012

51.1%462 dec

FY2013

44.3%438 dec

FY2014

54.6%383 dec

FY2015

47.6%311 dec

FY2016

48.9%235 dec

FY2017

57.4%298 dec

FY2018

86.8%136 dec

FY2018

100.0%3 dec

FY2018

100.0%2 dec

FY2018

43.4%249 dec

FY2019

44.4%9 dec

FY2019

47.8%111 dec

FY2019

0.0%1 dec

FY2019

33.3%12 dec

FY2019

50.0%10 dec

FY2019

37.5%8 dec

FY2019

55.6%196 dec

FY2019

80.0%5 dec

FY2019

77.8%18 dec

FY2019

86.7%15 dec

FY2019

53.9%13 dec

FY2019

68.4%38 dec

FY2020

75.0%8 dec

FY2020

66.5%278 dec

FY2020

27.3%33 dec

FY2020

100.0%1 dec

FY2020

76.5%17 dec

FY2020

75.0%4 dec

FY2020

50.0%26 dec

FY2021

0.0%2 dec

FY2021

40.2%169 dec

FY2021

66.7%3 dec

FY2021

61.5%13 dec

FY2021

42.3%187 dec

FY2022

0.0%0 dec

FY2022

55.2%221 dec

FY2023

59.1%198 dec

FY2023

100.0%1 dec

FY2024

64.4%225 dec

Above national Below national National avg

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