---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 10.606"
title: "20"
number: "10.606"
heading: "How does a claimant request reconsideration?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/10.606"
---

# §10.606. How does a claimant request reconsideration?

- (a) An employee (or representative) seeking reconsideration should send the application for reconsideration to the address as instructed by OWCP in the final decision.
- (b) **The application for reconsideration, including all supporting documents, must—**
  - (1) Be submitted in writing;
  - (2) Be signed and dated by the claimant or the authorized representative; and
  - (3) **Set forth arguments and contain evidence that either—**
    - (i) Shows that OWCP erroneously applied or interpreted a specific point of law;
    - (ii) Advances a relevant legal argument not previously considered by OWCP; or
    - (iii) **Constitutes relevant and pertinent new evidence not previously considered by OWCP.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 8102a, 8103, 8145 and 8149; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218; Pub. L. 117-263.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 37903, June 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted.