There are frequent news articles about the backlog in the Social Security disabilty system for cases awaiting a hearing before an ALJ. To get an idea of where Wisconsin stands, click on the images below to see the most recent stats from NOSSCR showing the waiting time for a hearing in Milwaukee (575 days) and Madison (712):
The average processing time for cases in each office is in the far right hand column. The number in the left hand column is the national rank among hearing offices.
On a related note, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting a happy ending to the story of a Milwaukee disability claimant who was waiting 4 years for a hearing. His story had been reported in August, which apparently resulted in prompt action by the SSA. He got his benefits. Thanks to the Social Security News blog for bringing this story to my attention.
January 4, 2009 at 4:15 pm
[...] of Disability Adjudication and Review fell from 114th in the nation in November (see my prior post here) in processing times to 127th, with the average processing time jumping from 575 days to [...]