Judge Edward Kristof - Approval Rate & Hearing Statistics
Valparaiso IN, Indiana · SSA Region 05
Statistics cover the 5 months ending March 2024 — Judge Edward Kristof's most recent month with recorded decisions.
Reported through March 2024. SSA's files record no decisions by Judge Edward Kristof after March 2024, so the figures below cover the 5 months ending March 2024 rather than the 12 months ending July 2026 the rest of the site reports. The national average shown alongside them is measured over the same months. Judges with no current decisions are left out of rankings and comparisons. That window is 5 months rather than 12 because the SSA files we hold begin in October 2023.
Approval Rate
70.1%
vs 57.7% national, same period
Denial Rate
29.9%
of decisions
Fully Favorable
56.9%
of decisions
Total Decisions
174
5 months ending March 2024
Total Dispositions
199
5 months ending March 2024
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Judge Edward Kristof Approval Rate Over Time
Historical approval rate for Judge Edward Kristof
Based on 4 monthly data points with 20+ decisions each, across Judge Edward Kristof's full record in SSA's files — not only the 5 months ending March 2024.
Understanding Judge Edward Kristof's Statistics
Judge Edward Kristof is an Administrative Law Judge at the Valparaiso IN hearing office. In the 5 months ending March 2024, this judge decided 174 cases, with an approval rate of 70.1%.
This approval rate is above the national average of 57.7%. This places the judge among those with higher-than-average approval rates.
Important: Past approval rates do not predict future outcomes. Each case is decided on its individual merits based on the evidence presented. Many factors influence outcomes beyond judge statistics, including the quality of medical evidence and legal representation.
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