Reconsideration

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.