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OHA Appeals Outcome

  • Worsening medical conditions and the opportunity to meet claimants in person may account for some of these reversals

  • However, minor variations do not explain why the same information being viewed by two different systems often results in radically different conclusions

Administrative Law Judge Decisions

Summary: For information about the chart please contact the author at a-heinemann@northwestern.edu

Administrative Law Judge Decisions
ALJs Reverse DDS Decision DDS Decision Upheld
% of Cases 0.59 0.41
Point 1

Long Description: Large numbers of decisions reversed by ALJs illustrate the complexity in the decision process and opportunities for disagreement

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