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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Rauenzahn, MaryKay
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE · primary of 3 offices Stable
+18.4 pts vs national average
0.0%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge76.2%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.6%
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
84
Fully favorable
36
42.9%
Partially favorable
28
33.3%
Denials
20
23.8%
Total dispositions
104
Dismissals
20
19.2%
Awards
64
3-year trend
Stable
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Fully fav. 42.9%Partially fav. 33.3%Denied 23.8%
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 (20)
- Weathers, Ena164 dec83.5%
- Smiley, Jennifer178 dec80.9%
- Hockensmith, Mark154 dec76.6%
- 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%
- Eiler, Kathleen H138 dec50.7%
- Ferguson, Jeffrey A45 dec44.4%
- Beatty, Gregory M.56 dec37.5%
- Wexler, April M33 dec24.2%
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