20 C.F.R. § 416.1459

Effect of dismissal of a request for a hearing before an administrative law judge.

        The dismissal of a request for a hearing is binding, unless it is vacated by an administrative law judge or the Appeals Council.

[45 FR 52096, Aug. 5, 1980, as amended at 51 FR 308, Jan. 3, 1986]

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