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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Barnett, Ben
SAN ANTONIO Trending up
-10.2 pts vs national average
47.5%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge47.5%
SAN ANTONIO54.8%
National avg57.8%
Total decisions
305
Fully favorable
102
33.4%
Partially favorable
43
14.1%
Denials
160
52.5%
Total dispositions
366
Dismissals
61
16.7%
Awards
145
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 33.4%Partially fav. 14.1%Denied 52.5%
Approval rate history
FY2010
75.0%16 dec
FY2011
60.6%480 dec
FY2012
47.1%554 dec
FY2013
36.1%460 dec
FY2014
40.9%325 dec
FY2014
37.9%29 dec
FY2015
34.8%414 dec
FY2016
38.0%371 dec
FY2017
43.7%371 dec
FY2018
33.5%367 dec
FY2019
31.6%453 dec
FY2020
40.5%338 dec
FY2021
35.8%358 dec
FY2022
36.5%266 dec
FY2023
42.5%219 dec
FY2024
46.0%278 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SAN ANTONIO (20)
- Gazda, Peter300 dec89.3%
- Thompson, Michelle298 dec86.6%
- Murdock, Alexis246 dec80.1%
- Suing, Timothy22 dec77.3%
- Wilkerson, Dwight234 dec64.5%
- Elias, Yasmin50 dec58.0%
- McKay, Bernard J.353 dec56.9%
- Kirkpatrick, Melinda360 dec55.0%
- McPhail, Robert290 dec54.5%
- Wurm, David R.340 dec53.5%
- Brown, Katherine260 dec53.1%
- Mendola, Mark174 dec51.7%
- Allen, Matthew372 dec50.5%
- Wilkov, Penny293 dec47.8%
- Holmes, Janice L.302 dec47.0%
- Perez, Lissette C.211 dec45.0%
- Brower, Charles308 dec43.2%
- Jones, Marc43 dec37.2%
- Swayze, Mark271 dec34.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan311 dec17.4%
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