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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Eiler, Kathleen H
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE Trending up
-7.1 pts vs national average
0.0%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge50.7%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.6%
National avg57.8%
Total decisions
138
Fully favorable
38
27.5%
Partially favorable
32
23.2%
Denials
68
49.3%
Total dispositions
269
Dismissals
131
48.7%
Awards
70
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 27.5%Partially fav. 23.2%Denied 49.3%
Approval rate history
FY2011
58.2%443 dec
FY2012
47.3%518 dec
FY2013
44.3%501 dec
FY2014
40.5%380 dec
FY2015
47.3%239 dec
FY2015
50.0%2 dec
FY2017
42.1%242 dec
FY2018
0.0%1 dec
FY2018
40.3%318 dec
FY2019
36.4%239 dec
FY2020
52.3%65 dec
FY2020
43.8%160 dec
FY2020
66.7%3 dec
FY2021
43.4%219 dec
FY2021
18.8%16 dec
FY2021
0.0%4 dec
FY2021
56.8%125 dec
FY2022
50.0%2 dec
FY2022
47.6%21 dec
FY2022
58.8%165 dec
FY2023
25.0%4 dec
FY2023
43.5%177 dec
FY2024
55.4%159 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (20)
- Weathers, Ena164 dec83.5%
- Smiley, Jennifer178 dec80.9%
- Hockensmith, Mark154 dec76.6%
- Rauenzahn, MaryKay84 dec76.2%
- Ohanesian, Nicholas50 dec68.0%
- Kramzyk, Henry82 dec67.1%
- Day, Kelley155 dec65.8%
- Alden, Randolph W158 dec64.6%
- Labrum, Robert J152 dec63.8%
- Waller, Robert48 dec62.5%
- Fuller, Roxanne47 dec61.7%
- Walter, Nicholas151 dec61.6%
- Carr, Michael29 dec58.6%
- Nagle, Kim Soo176 dec58.5%
- Cabotaje, Michael59 dec57.6%
- DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R193 dec57.5%
- Benton, Amy33 dec51.5%
- Ferguson, Jeffrey A45 dec44.4%
- Beatty, Gregory M.56 dec37.5%
- Wexler, April M33 dec24.2%
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