SSDI approval odds for endocrine/nutritional/metabolic in Ohio.

Ohio’s DDS approves 36.2% of initial claims — 2.6 points belowthe national median. Here’s how endocrine/nutritional/metabolic claims tend to move through the process here.

Ohio initial DDS approval

36.2%

vs national median 38.8% · below by 2.6 points · -0.7 pts over 3 yrs

Endocrine/nutritional/metabolic · historical allowance rate

37%

allowed at the initial level

~64%

ultimately allowed once appeals are counted

SSA research on 1997–2004 applications (Meseguer, Social Security Bulletin 73(2), 2013), national by primary diagnosis — not specific to Ohio and older than the state and stage figures shown here.

National allowance rate by stage · FY2024

Initial application30.8%
Reconsideration12.1%
Hearing46.5%

If it reaches a hearing in Ohio

6

hearing offices

51–67%

judge approval range

234–282

days to decision

dayton67%columbus64%toledo oh54%akron oh52%cleveland51%cincinnati51%

Approval rates vary widely by judge — which office (and ALJ) hears the case is one of the biggest factors in the outcome.

Why claims are denied — and how they’re allowed

National SSA final decisions for disabled workers, FY2022.

Top denial reasons

  • Can do other work36%
  • Other35%
  • Not severe enough20%
  • Can do past work8%

How allowances are made

  • Medical-vocational (grid) allowance47%
  • Meets a medical listing46%
  • Equals a listing5%
  • Other3%

What SSA requires to approve a claim

The Blue Book criteria for endocrine disorders

The exact medical criteria — in plain language, with the evidence each one needs. Nearly half of allowances come from meeting a listing.

Estimate a specific case

Run the estimator for Ohio

Pre-filled to endocrine/nutritional/metabolic in Ohio — add age and stage for the base rates that fit a real claim.

Endocrine/nutritional/metabolic — nationallyAll Ohio SSDI data

Source: SSA public datasets · Updated 2026-06-18. Not legal advice. State DDS rate is the latest SSA fiscal-year figure (all conditions); stage allowance rates are national and current. Per-condition rates are from SSA research on 1997–2004 claims (Meseguer, Social Security Bulletin 73(2), 2013) and are national, not state-specific. Figures are historical aggregates, not a prediction of any individual claim.