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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Eiler, Kathleen H
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE Trending up
-3.5 pts vs national average
54.3%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge54.3%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.9%
National avg57.8%
Total decisions
164
Fully favorable
50
30.5%
Partially favorable
39
23.8%
Denials
75
45.7%
Total dispositions
305
Dismissals
141
46.2%
Awards
89
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 30.5%Partially fav. 23.8%Denied 45.7%
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 (23)
- Weathers, Ena189 dec83.1%
- Cabotaje, Michael60 dec81.7%
- Smiley, Jennifer213 dec80.3%
- Rauenzahn, MaryKay104 dec79.8%
- Hockensmith, Mark173 dec74.0%
- Ohanesian, Nicholas58 dec70.7%
- Alden, Randolph W192 dec67.2%
- Kramzyk, Henry91 dec67.0%
- Labrum, Robert J181 dec65.2%
- Waller, Robert50 dec64.0%
- Day, Kelley178 dec63.5%
- Walter, Nicholas193 dec61.7%
- Carr, Michael36 dec61.1%
- Valkavich, Helen236 dec59.3%
- Lucas, Brian314 dec59.2%
- Fuller, Roxanne66 dec59.1%
- DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R212 dec57.5%
- Nagle, Kim Soo198 dec57.1%
- Benton, Amy33 dec51.5%
- Dillon, Christopher81 dec44.4%
- Ferguson, Jeffrey A53 dec41.5%
- Beatty, Gregory M.68 dec35.3%
- Wexler, April M37 dec24.3%
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