---
title: "Draft a request for reconsideration of an initial Social Security determination"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/prepare-the-tribunal-submissions-on-a-centrelink-first-review/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A56-N20261018-6-US"
practice_area: "Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Draft a request for reconsideration of an initial Social Security determination

> Draft the request from the points the lawyer has settled. Leave the date of receipt and the office blank, to be taken from the notice.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/prepare-the-tribunal-submissions-on-a-centrelink-first-review/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Social Security & Veterans' Entitlements](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Draft the request from the points the lawyer has settled. Leave the date of receipt and the office blank, to be taken from the notice. |
| What the lawyer must review | 20 C.F.R. § 404.909: the Administration will reconsider an initial determination if a party files a written request within 60 days after the date the person receives notice of the initial determination, or within any extended time under paragraph (b). You read paragraph (b). Good cause for a late request is § 404.911, which you apply yourself. You check every sentence before the request is sent. This is a Title II rule. Open the supplemental-security-income rule if that is the benefit. Formal Opinion 512: you remain responsible for the request. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the tribunal submissions on a Centrelink first review](https://ailawframework.com/practice/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/prepare-the-tribunal-submissions-on-a-centrelink-first-review.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Draft the request from the points the lawyer has settled. Leave the date of receipt and the office blank, to be taken from the notice.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The 60 days run from receipt of the notice, not from the date printed on it, unless the notice and the rule say otherwise. Read both.
- This is Title II. Do not use it unchanged for supplemental security income.

## Sources

- [20 C.F.R. § 404.909 (how to request reconsideration)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-20/chapter-III/part-404/subpart-J/section-404.909) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [20 C.F.R. § 404.911 (good cause for missing the deadline to request review)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-20/chapter-III/part-404/subpart-J/section-404.911) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Application for first review of a Centrelink decision (Administrative Review Tribunal): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/form-art-centrelink-first-review.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Tribunal's first review form for Centrelink decisions, with a guide to the Authorised Review Officer step, the decisions the Tribunal can change, reasons, signatures and consent to… |
| [Centrelink first review: what the Tribunal asks for and when](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/social-security-and-veterans-entitlements/art-centrelink-first-review-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist of the first-review time limits, the no-fee rule, and the information the Administrative Review Tribunal says it needs for a Centrelink decision. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*