Judge Richard A Gilbert is an Administrative Law Judge in the Houston Downtown Hearing Office in Texas

The statistics below are based on publicly available Social Security Administration hearing data and show how this judge’s outcomes compare to office, state, and national averages.

Judge Statistics

Based on FY 2025 data  ·  465 hearing decisions

Approval rates reflect aggregated hearing outcomes and can vary based on case type, evidence, and procedural factors. They do not predict the outcome of individual cases.

49%
Case Approval Rate
40%
Office Average
47%
Texas Average
49%
National Average

Approval rate by year

These values represent historical hearing outcomes for this judge based on Social Security Administration data and may vary by year depending on case mix and reporting changes.

Fiscal Year
Approval Rate
Denials
Dismissals
Decision Count
2025 49% 34% 16% 465
2020 45% 35% 19% 322
2019 37% 40% 24% 454
2018 38% 42% 20% 237
2017 35% 43% 22% 570
2016 39% 47% 15% 75
2016 35% 43% 23% 536
2015 27% 55% 18% 33
2015 36% 47% 18% 588
2014 32% 54% 14% 79
2014 38% 40% 22% 488
2013 24% 63% 12% 41
2013 32% 44% 24% 566
2012 41% 50% 9% 22
2012 30% 53% 17% 584
2011 41% 41% 18% 614
2010 57% 33% 10% 514

Disability Judges displays only verified years currently available in the underlying dataset. Gaps between years do not necessarily indicate inactivity by the judge and may reflect limitations in publicly available historical source data. Not every fiscal year may be represented.

Office assignment history

These values represent historical hearing outcomes for this judge based on Social Security Administration data and may vary by year depending on case mix and reporting changes.

Fiscal Year
Office
2025 Houston Downtown (Current)
2010 Houston Downtown
Additional judge statistics

These statistics provide additional context about hearing outcomes and case processing.
They describe aggregated activity and are not intended to be used in isolation.

237 Days
Average Case
Processing Time
18%
Dismissal
Rate
41%
Denied
Rate

All statistics on this page are derived from publicly available Social Security Administration hearing data and are intended to provide a general summary of historical outcomes.