If an application
for Social Security Disability ("SSD") benefits is denied, the
next step is to request reconsideration. Reconsideration is
basically an appeal to the same State agency that made the initial
decision. At reconsideration, a different analyst reviews the case for a
new perspective.
We represent a
52-year-old Insurance Coordinator from Old Bethpage, who suffers from severe
IBS, ADD, and hypothyroidism. Her claim was recently approved by the State
agency during the reconsideration phase. The only new evidence we provided were
treatment notes from her last three monthly infusions with her doctor, which
have been ongoing since we filed the initial claim. Although the agency
requested records that we had already submitted, we had to clarify this for
them. In reality, the extensive medical evidence presented at the start should
have sufficed for benefit approval. The SSD process ended up spending
unnecessary resources and caused delays for a claim that should have been
resolved much earlier.
