Hello my son had an hearing nov.29 of this year and I have to admit that it went really well. The judge was really nice and funny he said I was very articular and he doesnt give out complanints really. He didn't even ask me questions or my son there was no voc. expert and no medical expert either. The hearing lasted about 15 minutes and he said I will take it from here. I called the office yesterday and the judge sec. Said he is working on ur son cases we speak and he is sending it to a decision writer then it will come back to him from him to sign off so u and ur son should expect something within 8 to 12 weeks. His fully favorable percentage is 79% and his partial favorable is 19% and his awards percentage is 79% as well. I need some understanding please help my son has been waiting for three years he was denied twice that's how we got before a judge.

I didn't notice this and responded in the other thread. If you have any more questions, put them in this one.

Put them where

You posted virtually the same thing in the thread by untilthebell's husband not wanting to have surgery.

There is no question here. You say you want some understanding but you seem to have fully explained the status of your son's claim. If you want to know what the judge is going to do, no one here can tell you.

The statistics you quote confused me. Fully favorable 79%; partially favorable 19%? That means 98% of the claimants he sees he finds disabled. That is a scary scary thought to me, but should be reassuring to you. This ALJ has never met a claimant who is not disabled. He approves virtually everyone if your percentages are correct. Why bother having a hearing if everyone is approvable. Scary thought.

That wasn't me posting about the husband this has nothing to do with my husband sorry

Idk but his percentages are correct. My son is only 8 and do u honestly think I would be going through all this if he wasn't disable.

You replied in the wrong thread. Look at untilthebell's thread. I double checked. You did post there. You can also pull up all your own posts and see it that way.

When I started looking at the percentages of individual ALJ's I was shocked. There are others that have super low approval ratings as well. If you haven't looked at the statistics at SSDfacts.com it is interesting.

I don't know you well enough to make that judgement about you.

But do you honestly think that there are no claimants who file claims that are not truly disabled?

So since your child is under age 18, this must be an SSI claim, not an SSDI claim. You do realize that SSI is a low income program and that your money and your son's living arrangements are also factors in whether or not he qualifies, not just a finding of disability.

But if your son has an ALJ who approves 98% of the claims that land on his docket, statistically, you should have no worries about whether or not your son is found disabled. Unless somehow he is one of the 2%.