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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Priester, John
DES MOINES Trending up
Lifetime approval rate
58.4%
+0.5 pts vs national
Total decisions
430
Fully favorable
186
43.3%
Partially favorable
65
15.1%
Denials
179
41.6%
Total dispositions
488
Dismissals
58
11.9%
Awards
251
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 43.3%Partially fav. 15.1%Denied 41.6%
Approval rate history
FY2017
73.9%257 dec
FY2018
70.9%409 dec
FY2019
71.8%369 dec
FY2020
66.3%306 dec
FY2021
100.0%1 dec
FY2021
59.8%209 dec
FY2022
0.0%1 dec
FY2022
100.0%1 dec
FY2022
65.6%122 dec
FY2023
57.3%75 dec
FY2023
75.0%4 dec
FY2023
45.0%20 dec
FY2023
0.0%0 dec
FY2023
66.7%3 dec
FY2024
64.1%281 dec
FY2024
100.0%4 dec
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