What is “reconsideration”?
It is the first level of appeal at Social Security. When a claim for Social Security disability benefits is denied at the initial level, you may request reconsideration. Your case is sent to a different disability examiner for a new decision. Unfortunately, about 85-90% of the time the reconsideration decision is the same as the initial decision — a denial. (In a few states there is no reconsideration and the next step after an initial denial is to ask for a hearing.
