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kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.924"
title: "20"
number: "404.924"
heading: "When the expedited appeals process may be used."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.924"
---

# §404.924. When the expedited appeals process may be used.


You may use the expedited appeals process if all of the following requirements are met:

- (a) We have made an initial and a reconsidered determination; an administrative law judge has made a hearing decision; or Appeals Council review has been requested, but a final decision has not been issued.
- (b) **You are a party to the reconsidered determination or the hearing decision.**
- (c) **You have submitted a written request for the expedited appeals process.**
- (d) You have claimed, and we agree, that the only factor preventing a favorable determination or decision is a provision in the law that you believe is unconstitutional.
- (e) If you are not the only party, all parties to the determination or decision agree to request the expedited appeals process.

## Notes

### 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).