SSDI approval odds for skin/subcutaneous tissue in Wyoming.

Wyoming’s DDS approves 42.5% of initial claims — 3.7 points abovethe national median. Here’s how skin/subcutaneous tissue claims tend to move through the process here.

Wyoming initial DDS approval

42.5%

vs national median 38.8% · above by 3.7 points · -1.7 pts over 3 yrs

Skin/subcutaneous tissue · historical allowance rate

26%

allowed at the initial level

~56%

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 Wyoming and older than the state and stage figures shown here.

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%

What SSA requires to approve a claim

The Blue Book criteria for skin 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 Wyoming

Pre-filled to skin/subcutaneous tissue in Wyoming — 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.