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Q: Can you appeal further if you are still not awarded social security disability benefits when your case is heard by an administrative judge? A: A claimant who is denied after a hearing can file another appeal. The appropriate next step is to have your case reviewed by the Appeals Council. After you file to have your claim reviewed, one of three outcomes will occur. If the Appeals Council agrees with the hearing verdict, it will not grant any further review. It may decide the case needs to go through a second hearing and will send the case back to the court to have it heard by a different judge.