Market opportunity · PR
Prime marketPR.
Roughly 11,037 new disability claims are filed in PR each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $15M annually.
11,037
Initial claims / year
45.5%
Nat'l: 39.8%
334 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$15M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in PR hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diaz, Ruy V | SAN JUAN | 86.6% | 350 |
| Quinones-Regalado, Yeline | SAN JUAN | 82.9% | 351 |
| Viera-Vargas, Angel X | SAN JUAN | 77.9% | 149 |
| Torres, Judith | SAN JUAN | 76.8% | 271 |
| Quant, Maria E | SAN JUAN | 71.2% | 333 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- SAN JUAN334 days
Slowest
- SAN JUAN334 days
Methodology · Figures reflect SSA public data through the latest release. Fee pool estimates annualize DDS intake at a conservative 20% retention rate with a 75% cap hit on retained backpay — not a performance guarantee. Approval rates describe historical decisions, not likelihoods on individual cases.