What is the SSDI approval rate for other/unknown in Vermont?

Vermont's DDS approves 47.0% of initial disability determinations across all conditions (latest FY) — 8.3 points above the national median of 38.8%.

What are the allowance rates by stage?

Nationally (FY2024): about 31% at initial, 12% at reconsideration, and 47% at the hearing stage.

SSDI approval odds for other/unknown in Vermont.

Vermont’s DDS approves 47.0% of initial claims — 8.3 points abovethe national median. Here’s how other/unknown claims tend to move through the process here.

Vermont initial DDS approval

47.0%

vs national median 38.8% · above by 8.3 points · +3.3 pts over 3 yrs

National allowance rate by stage · FY2024

Initial application30.8%

Reconsideration12.1%

Hearing46.5%

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 Vermont

Pre-filled to other/unknown in Vermont — add age and stage for the base rates that fit a real claim.

Other/unknown — nationally All Vermont 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.