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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public

State Profile

Arizona

AZ · Region SFO

DDS approval rate

33.5%

-6.3 pts vs national

DDS approval rate

33.5%

National: 39.8%

3-year change

+2.1 pts

Annual receipts

40,572

FY2024

Hearing offices

3

20 ALJs

Latest monthly DDS data · 2026-02

Initial receipts

2,823

Initial determinations

3,395

Initial allowance rate

29.6%

Initial pending

16,525

Recon determinations

1,437

Recon allowance rate

13.6%

Hearing offices in Arizona

OfficeRankProcessing daysPendingApprovalJudges
TUCSON1142961,13268.8%7
PHOENIX DOWNTOWN1303171,41359.1%10
PHOENIX NORTH1523641,36054.6%5

ALJs in Arizona (20)

Sorted by approval rate.

JudgeOfficeApprovalDecisionsAwardsTrend
Mucerino, KathleenPHOENIX DOWNTOWN88.6%132117
Chen, Tin TinTUCSON81.6%244199
Johnson, Larry ETUCSON81.5%303247
Fletcher, Guy EPHOENIX DOWNTOWN74.7%324242
Armbruster, Ted WPHOENIX NORTH74.5%318237
Davis, CharlesTUCSON74.4%355264
Duann, TomNORWALK73.8%294217
Gaffney, JohnPHOENIX DOWNTOWN73.3%390286
Baum, Peter JTUCSON70.0%277194
Elias, YasminTUCSON68.6%8659
Kirby, MartiMORENO VALLEY60.8%199121
Businger, Thomas DPHOENIX NORTH51.5%272140
Havens, Laura STUCSON49.1%318156
Paternoster, SashaPHOENIX DOWNTOWN49.0%15375
Waters, Carla LPHOENIX DOWNTOWN48.7%339165
Walls, KellyPHOENIX NORTH44.2%292129
Bucci, Patricia APHOENIX NORTH35.2%7125
Alegre, Dante MPHOENIX DOWNTOWN35.0%369129
Isherwood, PaulPHOENIX DOWNTOWN27.8%19454
Schum, Randolph EPHOENIX NORTH27.5%4011