I have heard that it takes a long time to get Social Security disability benefits. Why can’t a person skip the middle or reconsideration level, since everyone get denied at that level anyway?
The answer to your question is twofold. First, not everyone gets denied at the reconsideration level. True, the percentage of favorable decision is very low compared to the ALJ level, but some claimants do win. And second, the process for determining whether a person is disabled is an administrative process, which means that each level must be completed before going to the next.
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