---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.907"
title: "20"
number: "404.907"
heading: "Reconsideration—general."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.907"
---

# §404.907. Reconsideration—general.


If you are dissatisfied with the initial determination, reconsideration is the first step in the administrative review process that we provide, except that we provide the opportunity for a hearing before an administrative law judge as the first step for those situations described in §§ [404.930 (a)(6)](/cfr/20/404.930.md?p=a-6) and [(a)(7)](/cfr/20/404.930.md?p=a-7), where you appeal an initial determination denying your request for waiver of adjustment or recovery of an overpayment (see [§ 404.506](/cfr/20/404.506.md)). If you are dissatisfied with our reconsidered determination, you may request a hearing before an administrative law judge.


## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 56132, Oct. 31, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 201(j), 204(f), 205(a)-(b), (d)-(h), and (j), 221, 223(i), 225, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(j), 404(f), 405(a)-(b), (d)-(h), and (j), 421, 423(i), 425, and 902(a)(5)); sec. 5, Pub. L. 97-455, 96 Stat. 2500 (42 U.S.C. 405 note); secs. 5, 6(c)-(e), and 15, Pub. L. 98-460, 98 Stat. 1802 (42 U.S.C. 421 note); sec. 202, Pub. L. 108-203, 118 Stat. 509 (42 U.S.C. 902 note).

### Amendments

[61 FR 56132, Oct. 31, 1996]