Judge Lauren L Benedict is an Administrative Law Judge in the Chattanooga Hearing Office in Tennessee

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  ·  349 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.

50%
Case Approval Rate
57%
Office Average
49%
Tennessee 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 50% 26% 24% 349
2020 41% 40% 18% 320
2020 0% 100% 0% 1
2019 37% 42% 21% 409
2018 49% 33% 18% 212
2017 48% 35% 17% 475

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 Chattanooga (Current)
2020 Chattanooga
2019 Chattanooga
2018 Chattanooga
2017 Chattanooga
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.

280 Days
Average Case
Processing Time
19%
Dismissal
Rate
24%
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.