SSDI approval odds for other/unknown in Nevada.
Nevada’s DDS approves 37.9% of initial claims — 0.9 points belowthe national median. Here’s how other/unknown claims tend to move through the process here.
Nevada initial DDS approval
37.9%
vs national median 38.8% · below by 0.9 points · -0.1 pts over 3 yrs
National allowance rate by stage · FY2024
If it reaches a hearing in Nevada
2
hearing offices
60–60%
judge approval range
260–277
days to decision
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%
Estimate a specific case
Run the estimator for Nevada
Pre-filled to other/unknown in Nevada — add age and stage for the base rates that fit a real claim.
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.