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On this page you will find statistics for the state Disability Determination Service (DDS), Hearing Offices and Administrative Law Judges (ALJ). Contact information is also provided for SSA Field Offices, state DDS, Hearing Offices, Disability Attorneys, U.S. Congress, and U.S. Senators. We invite you to browse all the information on the page, or use the links below to move directly to the section that interests you.
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An SSA month may have either four or five weeks and normally ends on the last Friday of the month.
Wait Time: The average time (in months) from the hearing request date until a hearing is held for claims pending in the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review's hearing offices. Allows users to estimate the amount of time they may have to wait for a hearing to be held.
Processing Time: The average processing time (days) from the day your hearing request has been received until your hearing has occurred and your file is complete.
Completion Rates: A comparison of how many claims DDS completes compared to how many they are assigned. If the rate is higher than 100%, the DDS is making strides to reduce their backlog. If the rate is less than 100%, the DDS is completing fewer claims than they are receiving, thereby adding to their backlog. This can be used as a tool to determine. The numbers used to calculate this percentage can be found below as "Assigned to DDS" and "Claims Completed".
The three benefit types shown above are described by SSA as: "The division of claims between SSDI, SSI and concurrent claims can provide significant information about the socioeconomic status of applicants and the demographics of the state agency service area. SSDI-only applicants have a work history and enough income or resources so that they do not qualify for SSI. SSI-only applicants do not have a recent work history and have very low or no income and resources so that they would probably qualify for SSI. Concurrent-only applicants have a recent work history yet also have so little income and resources that they might also qualify for SSI."
Data above excludes SSI Disabled Child.
The columns above show each benefit type separately. The Total column is the Total of all three benefit types:SSDI-Only: Workers who have contributed to the OASDI Trust Fund through payroll withholding and have earned enough work credits to draw benefits from that Fund.
SSI-Only: Individuals with limited income and resources who have not worked, or worked long enough, to draw from the OASDI Trust Fund. Benefits are paid from the General Treasury.
Concurrent: Individuals who receive both SSDI and SSI. They have earned enough work credits for SSDI eligibility, but draw a very small benefit. The SSDI benefit is small enough that these individuals are also eligible to ‘concurrently’ draw SSI.
Percent of Total: This line item indicates the percent of the whole that can be attributed to each benefit type, and can be used to determine differences in how benefit types are processed.
Wait Time: The average time (in months) from the hearing request date until a hearing is held for claims pending in the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review's hearing offices. Allows users to estimate the amount of time they may have to wait for a hearing to be held.
Processing Time: The average processing time (days) from the day your hearing request has been received until your hearing has occurred and your file is complete.
Fully and Partially Rates: Percent of Awards.
Cases Disposed: All dispositions, including Dismissals.
Disposition Rate: Percent of dispositions compared to new cases.
Reasons for Dismissal include: Hearing request not timely field; Hearing request Withdrawn; Failure to appear; No right to a hearing; administrative res judicata applies.
Cases Decided: All cases that ended in a decision.
Reported Dispositions Per ALJ Per Day: From SSA Report "...the average number of hearings dispositions per ALJ per day. The average shown will be a combined average for all ALJs working in that hearing office. Users will be able determine where a particular hearing office stands among the total with respect to this workload category."
Calculated Dispositions Per ALJ Per Day: Calculated using number of Workdays reported by SSA for data period.
Calculated Decisions Per ALJ Per Day: Only cases that were actually decided. Does not include dismissals. Calculated from reported number of Workdays.
Reasons for Dismissal include: Hearing request not timely filed; Hearing request Withdrawn; Failure to appear; No right to a hearing; administrative res judicata applies.
Cases Decided: All cases that ended in a decision.
Decided Per day: Calculated Decisions Per Day. Only cases that were actually decided. Does not include dismissals. Calculated from reported number of Workdays.
Total Disposed: All dispositions, including Dismissals.
Dispose Per Day: Calculated Dispositions Per Day using number of Workdays reported by SSA for data period.
