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.
FREE DISABILITY CASE EVALUATION
ODAR Hearing Processing Times
RANK HEARING OFFICE
PROCESSING TIME
1
ODAR RO 1 Staff
217
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