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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
McDonald, Sheila E
BIRMINGHAM Trending up
Lifetime approval rate
51.2%
-6.7 pts vs national
Total decisions
86
Fully favorable
41
47.7%
Partially favorable
3
3.5%
Denials
42
48.8%
Total dispositions
96
Dismissals
10
10.4%
Awards
44
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Denied
Fully fav. 47.7%Partially fav. 3.5%Denied 48.8%
Approval rate history
FY2014
43.7%229 dec
FY2015
54.6%357 dec
FY2015
41.9%86 dec
FY2017
69.2%107 dec
FY2017
48.7%275 dec
FY2018
40.6%517 dec
FY2019
49.0%508 dec
FY2020
49.0%439 dec
FY2021
48.1%295 dec
FY2022
44.0%325 dec
FY2023
38.0%255 dec
FY2024
52.0%281 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at BIRMINGHAM (13)
- Turner, Brian350 dec84.0%
- Lawson, William159 dec76.7%
- Reeves, Ronald117 dec66.7%
- Waller, Robert124 dec62.9%
- Satisfield, Renee B54 dec55.6%
- Jackson, Monica D291 dec54.0%
- Brown, Cynthia W56 dec53.6%
- Kraft, Emilie337 dec52.8%
- Johnson, Lisa M287 dec43.2%
- Helmer, Mary E349 dec39.8%
- Merchant, George W390 dec39.5%
- Guthrie, Clarence445 dec38.9%
- Munford, Jerome L20 dec25.0%
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