Social Security Disability ODAR Judge Website Isn't a Panacea

October 26th, 2016 by admin

DisabilityJudges.com

This is a useful site in that it gives you the statistics for an ODAR (Office of Disability Adjudication and Review—hearing site) judge. In other words, it tells you how a particular judge has decided cases in the past, at least statistically. The problem here is: past rulings aren't necessarily indicative of a future decision in your case. I suppose it does give you a barometer, but you don't know the fact patterns, the evidence, or the testimony. These are all very important factors as is the ability of the lawyer. You don't know any of this from these statistics. Tread lightly.

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