Reconsideration

What Is A Request For Reconsideration?

Even if your initial application for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits or Supplemental Security Income is denied, it is not the end of the line. The vast majority of applicants are denied benefits initially, and many eventually receive them. You can appeal your denial by asking the Social Security Administration to “reconsider” its decision regarding your application. An experienced lawyer can help you with this step. At the Charlotte law office of Hempson & Zupanec, our attorneys focus exclusively on representing claimants in disability cases. We specialize in helping people like you in this complicated area of the law.

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The Social Security Administration denied 89.1% of claims at the Reconsideration stage in North Carolina in fiscal year 2006. In South Carolina the denial rate was 91.4%.

If your application for Social Security Disability benefits is denied, you can file an appeal called a Request for Reconsideration. You will provide the Social Security office with updated information about your doctors, medical tests, and medications. Your updated information will be reviewed, and a new decision regarding your claim will be made.

Many people who file applications for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits or Supplemental Security Income on their own do not include all the necessary information. They may leave out an important condition or symptom. They may not include medication side effects. They just do not know how to present their case in a way Social Security will understand. If they file a Request for Reconsideration on their own, they are likely to get the same result as they did initially.

Our experienced attorneys can help you present the information in your appeal fully and carefully. We will handle all the paperwork for you. We know how to present new evidence, as it develops, as part of your Reconsideration. We are available to answer any questions you might have during this difficult process.

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