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How Long Does Disability Claim Take?Social Security Disability claims can take an extremely long time to be processed. Below you will find how long
the average processing time in days is for each Office of Disability Adjudication and Review or ODAR nationally.
Keep in mind this is how long it takes from requesting a hearing until a decision is made and does not include the application
and reconsideration process.
In July of 2007 the claims backlog for SSDI and SSI cases was at its highest mark ever reaching 749,224 cases. The information below should help give you an idea of how long it takes to get a decision at the hearing level. The national average is 528 days. I am providing this information because one of the most frequently asked questions I get is how long does it take? Keep in mind these are averages and every individual case is different. SSA is working on ways to decrease the processing time of cases and a special emphasis has been placed on extremely aged cases. Try not to be discouraged by the numbers you see here and do the best you can to stay patient. I am posting these statistics so that you can prepare yourself for the long delays that occur in a Social Security Disability or SSI claim. ODAR Hearing Processing Times
RANK HEARING OFFICE
PROCESSING TIME
2 Charleston 276 3 Harrisburg 277 4 Middllesboro 280 5 Tupelo 340 6 Huntington 353 7 Morgantown 361 8 Portland 362 9 Springfield 365 10 Charlottesville 374 10 Roanoke 374 12 White Plains 378 13 Boston 379 14 Evanston 381 15 Chattanooga 384 15 Kingsport 384 17 New Haven 386 18 Manchester 390 19 Las Vegas 393 20 Louisville 394 21 Fort Smith 396 22 Billings 397 23 Tucson 404 24 Washington 405 25 Elkins Park 408 26 Orlando 409 27 McAlester 412 28 Creve Coeur 418 28 Salt Lake City 418 30 Oklahoma City 419 31 Florence 422 32 Long Beach 424 33 Norfolk 427 34 Orange 429 35 Downey 430 35 Providence 430 37 Shreveport 431 38 Eugene 436 40 New York 439 41 Dover 440 42 San Bernardino 441 42 Wilkes Barre 441 44 Houston Downtown 445 45 Richmond 446 46 Hattiesburg 449 47 Los Angeles Downtown 451 48 Memphis 456 49 Philadelphia 460 50 Honolulu 462 51 Sacramento 463 52 Fresno 464 53 Johnstown 468 53 Paducah 468 53 Ponce 468 56 Mobile 469 57 Tulsa 470 58 Santa Barbara 472 58 Stockton 472 60 Lexington 473 61 Oakland 474 62 Hartford 477 64 Voorhees 479 65 Jericho 480 66 Charleston 481 66 Macon 481 68 Fargo 482 69 Denver 483 70 Newark 484 71 Dallas Downtown 487 71 Little Rock 487 73 New Orleans 489 74 Raleigh 490 75 Alexandria 498 76 Philadelphia East 500 77 St. Louis 504 78 Syracuse 507 79 Colorado Springs 511 79 Wichita 511 81 Knoxville 512 82 Phoenix 521 83 West Des Moines 523 84 Minneapolis 525 85 Albuquerque 530 86 Spokane 531 87 Metairie 532 88 Brooklyn 536 89 Pittsburgh 537 90 San Antonio 544 91 Springfield 548 92 Columbia 551 92 Ft. Lauderdale 551 94 Los Angeles West 557 94 San Jose 557 96 Birmingham 568 96 San Diego 568 98 Montgomery 579 99 Albany 584 100 Baltimore 589 101 Evansville 590 102 Bronx 591 103 Chicago 593 104 Houston-Bissonnet 594 104 Savannah 594 106 Orlando Park 600 107 Seattle 602 108 Jacksonville 604 109 Portland 605 110 Pasadena 610 111 Greensboro 611 111 Omaha 611 113 Flint 612 113 Greenville 612 115 San Juan 614 116 Tampa 615 117 Fort Wayne 624 118 Queens 633 118 San Rafael 633 120 Cleveland 634 121 Cincinnati 637 122 Detroit 651 122 Madison 651 122 Milwaukee 651 125 Charlotte 658 126 Dallas North 675 127 Oak Park 676 128 Kansas City 680 129 Oak Brook 687 130 Jackson 694 131 Buffalo 709 132 Grand Rapids 716 133 Mayaguez 717 134 Dayton 719 134 Peoria 719 136 Miami 740 137 Lansing 742 138 San Francisco 767 139 Indianapolis 836 140 Columbus 881 141 Atlanta North 900 142 Atlanta
973 Source: NOSSCR Social Security Forum |
