Paul T Hebda, Spokane , Washington Odar Office, Administrative Law Judge
For the 2010 *fiscal year, Judge Paul T Hebda has disposed 372 cases at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) in ANCHORAGE AK, ALASKA. Out of those 372 dispostions, 95 were dismissed, 149 were approved and 128 were denied. This means that the percentage of depositions that Judge Paul T Hebda has approved in ANCHORAGE AK for the 2010 fiscal year is 29%. The information below for Judge Paul T Hebda was last updated on 04/28/2023.
AVERAGE STATISTICS
| Office | *Fiscal Year | Total Depositions | Total Decisions | Total Denials | Total Awards | Cases Dismissed | Cases Approved | Cases Denied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANCHORAGE AK | 2010 | 372 | 277 | 128 | 149 | 26% | 40% | 34% |
| SPOKANE | 2010 | 132 | 120 | 55 | 65 | 9% | 49% | 42% |
| ANCHORAGE AK | 2012 | 614 | 417 | 260 | 157 | 32% | 26% | 42% |
| ANCHORAGE AK | 2015 | 399 | 263 | 209 | 54 | 34% | 14% | 52% |
| ANCHORAGE AK | 2014 | 487 | 334 | 257 | 77 | 31% | 16% | 53% |
| ANCHORAGE AK | 2013 | 549 | 388 | 265 | 123 | 29% | 22% | 48% |
| ANCHORAGE AK | 2011 | 673 | 493 | 312 | 181 | 27% | 27% | 46% |
| ANCHORAGE AK | 2016 | 293 | 195 | 141 | 54 | 33% | 18% | 48% |
| ANCHORAGE AK | 2017 | 286 | 191 | 148 | 43 | 33% | 15% | 52% |
| ANCHORAGE AK | 2018 | 151 | 105 | 78 | 27 | 30% | 18% | 52% |
| ANCHORAGE AK | 2019 | 283 | 202 | 159 | 43 | 29% | 15% | 56% |
AVERAGE TIME
| Dismissed | Approved | Denied | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul T Hebda | No Stats for FY2019 | ||
| All ALJs in ANCHORAGE AK | 18% | 56% | 26% |
| All ALJs in ALASKA | 18% | 56% | 26% |
| All ALJs in the Nation | 18% | 45% | 38% |
20 Comments
I had an experience with Paul Hebda. 😉
I ended up filing a complaint against him for chauvinistic comments at my first hearing. After my complaint was submitted my case was then swiftly sent to Spokane Washington for review and it was approved.
My lawyer then took me out of $30,000 and he had his license suspended for hurting several other disability claimants last year. I’m in the process of suing my lawyer which will be starting very soon.
After Paul Hebda denied my claim- I was forced to go back to my job, where I put up with sexual harassment from a dirty old elderly man.
In part due to the duress the denial created in my life-
I had a back injury that injured my Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine.
I will probably be on disability for the rest of my life, even after I recover from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The Social Security Administration is probably one of the most poorly organized and unjust systems in the United States. It rates right up there with the negligence and abuse of our Veterans.
Every day that I wake up and cannot bend or move, and I’m in pain…
I remember Paul Hebda.
These Judges get paid well and in order to look like they are doing their jobs- they deny claims, many of which should not be denied. When Paul Hebda looked at me and asked me if “I could cook”…
I knew instantly that he was choosing me to meet his “quota” for denials, and that there was no hope for me at that time.
I will spend the rest of my life in physical pain. My life will never be the same; and Paul Hebda will still have his retirement and benefits in the end. That’s all this is really about to these Judges.
Hopefully my lawsuit against my lawyer will be won. I plan to raise a lot of concerns to our Congressmen to raise the issue that Social Security needs to be reformed “again.”
The government went to providing benefits to almost everyone who applied instantly, to murdering its citizens. An estimated 10-15,000 deaths occur each decade to people waiting, who may have been saved had their benefits been approved from my understanding.
The government saves so much money on the deaths of our veterans, and the disabled by torture. They also save money on the deaths of our disability claimants, who may have lived had their disability claims been approved sooner.
It took twelve months for a man in my hometown to get disability. He was sleeping in a tent in a remote area due to being homeless. He almost lost his foot due to a spider bite, and he did not have the knowledge or the transportation to go receive health care. My friend took him all her camping supplies, and drove him to several doctors’ appointments, and helped him get food. She wrote to a congressman to help the man get his claim approved sooner, but it still took twelve months. He almost died.
There are worse places to live. BUT
This country has a long way to go before it will ever be a place that measures up to what it dictates.
Thank you!!! ALJ Paul Hebda! AND God Bless America!!!!
I pray that Karma comes around to those who are responsible for human suffering.
Sometimes that’s all we can do…
Judge Hebda is, essentially, an idiot. Of all the judges, he is probably among the top 5 worst, if the worst overall. His rationale in the written decisions are filled with contradictions, hypocrisy, improper application of the regs/rulings, ignorant of relevant medical records, giving great weight to false information, mischaracterizing (lying about) important evidence, and written as if by a high schooler. In the hearing he’s always harping about tiny issues, yelling at reps and claimants alike, as well as holding hearings that go for hours long. He’ll complain and complain about the cases before him and if he makes a mistake, he’ll blame anyone but himself. And, if you make a mistake, he’ll slam you for it long after the hearing is done or the case has moved on. He tends to forget or not know fundamental parts of the disability process, such as case law, rulings on DAA, and even changes to the regulations themselves. He’s not a fair judge, nor honest, and definitely not smart either. If you get him, try to find a way out of it, even if that manes dropping your case altogether. Trust me, one hearing with him, and you’ll spend the next 2-5 years trying to untangle the damage he’ll do to your case.
It has been my personal experience and only my opinion that the Judge is out of control. He is angry, short tempered and, as other comments allude to, he makes too many “mistakes”. I have to wonder if the gross concentration of errors in my case are actual “mistakes”, especially after reading about other cases.
Additionally, we applicants are held to the fire for mistakes, but he is not held liable for his mistakes that have ruined our lives (applicants).
Another concern of mine is the low benefits approval rating (accuracy unknown) shown on the internet.
Furthermore, how can he dismiss a neurologist’s findings mentioned in one comment within this site. I never received the report from a psych. hired by SSA. Later, I found the report was in my favor.
My suggestion to you all is to go to your senator’s, not just the democratic side, but the republicans and independents, file a complaint, be concise about issues with the judge and the SSA. I have done that and, one office is helping me. The Senator said, “I don’t know why I have to handle their (the SSA) issues, so the senator is not thrilled with the organization. If we don’t squeak, we wont get the grease we need.
I’m an attorney and I’ve never been in front of a more openly hostile judge, ever.
I am the one who posted on Paul T. Hebda on 4/17/2013. I received a partially favorable decision around June 10th, 2013. Despite not agreeing with his ruling, I would have to say that I still like him as a judge. I have some disagreements in his decision and found at some points that there were contradictions in his statements and even some wrong information in what is written.
I have not decided if I am going to appeal his decision or not. Will give myself the weekend to hopefully get a better grip on if I have a chance at an appeal to his decision. According to the partially favorable, my onset date was moved one year ahead, basically not giving me any back pay at all. I truly feel my disability was a strong case before his new onset date. I appreciate his decision, but I think I will chance taking it to appeals. I don’t have much going for me in life and I feel I really don’t have anything to lose. I am pretty much at my lowest so there is no where to go but up.
I had my hearing with Hebda a while back. I have not recieved a decision yet, but I found him to be very kind, patient and aware of how hard it was for me to come before a judge in my hearing. I felt like he had some compassion and that made me a little more comfortable and the whole hearing bareable. I was sent to a doctor for a Mental Status Exam after my hearing and had a very favorable report from that doctor. I await Hebda’s decision now.
WHEN HE GAVE ME MY FINALE DECISION WHICH WAS UNFAVORABLE I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT TO FEEL ANYMORE BECAUSE THE FIRST JUDGE DENIED ME THEN I APPEALED NOW THIS DECISION. I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO BUT JUST KEEP ON APPEALING AND APPEALING UNTIL A JUDGE FINALLY SEE THAT IAM DISABLED AND I HAVE DOCUMENTATIONS FROM ALL EXPERTS STATING MY CONDITIONS. SO FOR THOSE WHO GOT DENIED OR UNFAVORABLE DECISION DONT GIVE UP JUST KEEP ON GOING BECAUSE YOU DESERVE EVERY PENNY.
I think Judge Hebda is not particularly objective in his decision making process. He Claimed I worked during 2011, which is not true. He also felt like the evaluation the Neurologist performed carried no weight because the neurologist has only seen me one time, yet hypocritically sited over and over physicians who only saw me once and avoided being too descriptive of my injuries and illnesses to protect the Veterans Administration.
It would be difficult for me to form an objective review of Judge Hebda. In court he was pleasant and things were done quickly. But he denied my claim and his reasoning for denial is not consistent with his reasons for acceptance. Judges who have double standards are not good judges in my opinion. The whole idea of going before a judge is so a reasonable person can make a decisions without a predisposition for denial.
I went before Judge Hebda he denined me due process holding my benefits back to get me a payee for know aparent reason,,He stated i abuse marijuana and because of it i need a payee,TWO doctors in there reports stated i was able to receive benefits both were not mentioned in his report,,yet the same report was used to award me fully disabled,I told him I had PTSD and needed my wife with me during my hearing and he said no.I stood before him in fear because of it,yet it states i could have her with me in the booklet i received,,he denied me my rights and then discriminated against me my judgement date was april 2nd to date im still fighting to regain my pride and benefits and my family of 3 kids are suffering This judges actions were shameful when i went through everything the state asked to get judgement then have it delayed over my Legal marijuana use Permit # available..im a 52yr old disabled vet married 28 years, in alaska since 79 why treat me this way Judge??????
I went before Judge Hebda last Oct. and was denined my Dissability Claim. I then appealed, again. At the same time, I atempted to hire a lawyer. After several months the lawyer sent me a letter stating part of the reason he chose not to take my case is that Judge Hebda is flat-out a lier, and that he misleads the claimant, and that his mind is made up befores he hears your testimony. Among other comments/statements about this particular Judge. How do I get a fair hearing???