Social Security Administration · Office of Hearings Operations

Tracking every decision from the hearing bench FY 2024

October 2023 – September 2024 · SSDI (Title II) + SSI (Title XVI) combined · Hearing-level decisions only

Judge-level statistics

Adjudication Records

Judge ↕ Office ↕ Cases ↓ Approval ↕ Denial ↕ Dismissed ↕ Outcome mix Avg days ↕
Caseload vs. approval rate

Volume–Outcome Distribution

High approval (≥60%)
Mid (45–59%)
Low (<45%)
* ILLUSTRATIVE DATA — modeled on SSA Office of Hearings Operations published statistics. Not official government data. The Bench is an independent research tool. Year-over-year trends are simulated. SSA OHO publishes ALJ disposition data annually at ssa.gov.