Judge Michelle Whetsel - Approval Rate & Hearing Statistics
Houston West, Texas · SSA Region 06
Statistics cover the 5 months ending March 2024 — Judge Michelle Whetsel's most recent month with recorded decisions.
Reported through March 2024. SSA's files record no decisions by Judge Michelle Whetsel 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
16%
vs 57.7% national, same period
Denial Rate
84%
of decisions
Fully Favorable
5.3%
of decisions
Total Decisions
75
5 months ending March 2024
Total Dispositions
98
5 months ending March 2024
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Understanding Judge Michelle Whetsel's Statistics
Judge Michelle Whetsel is an Administrative Law Judge at the Houston West hearing office. In the 5 months ending March 2024, this judge decided 75 cases, with an approval rate of 16%.
This approval rate is below the national average of 57.7%. This places the judge among those with lower-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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