Questão jurídica principal
Whether the IV office entered into the reconsideration request concerning the 6 October 2008 decision
Decisão extraída
It did not. The office dealt only with collateral matters and did not examine the substantive reconsideration grounds.
Fundamentação extraída
Reconsideration under Art. 53(2) ATSG requires a first step on whether to revisit the prior decision. The office never assessed the alleged misapplication of the social insurance treaty to the helplessness allowance, but only clarified nationality and the treaty's later termination.