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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Rauenzahn, MaryKay
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE · primary of 3 offices Stable
+22.0 pts vs national average
79.8%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge79.8%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.9%
National avg57.8%
Figures below are for SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE, this judge’s busiest office. They also have records at 2 other offices (EUGENE, NHC ALBUQUERQUE).
Total decisions
104
Fully favorable
45
43.3%
Partially favorable
38
36.5%
Denials
21
20.2%
Total dispositions
127
Dismissals
23
18.1%
Awards
83
3-year trend
Stable
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Fully fav. 43.3%Partially fav. 36.5%Denied 20.2%
Approval rate history
FY2012
64.1%223 dec
FY2013
65.9%455 dec
FY2014
57.6%406 dec
FY2015
61.1%283 dec
FY2016
61.9%218 dec
FY2017
60.2%332 dec
FY2018
62.0%316 dec
FY2019
57.6%389 dec
FY2019
100.0%3 dec
FY2020
56.9%211 dec
FY2020
73.2%123 dec
FY2021
62.5%8 dec
FY2021
51.7%263 dec
FY2021
58.6%29 dec
FY2021
100.0%1 dec
FY2022
61.0%318 dec
FY2023
60.8%153 dec
FY2024
100.0%2 dec
FY2024
63.7%262 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%
- 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%
- Eiler, Kathleen H164 dec54.3%
- 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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