Section 400.95 - Time limitations for filing and responding to requests for administrative review(a) A request for administrative review must be filed within 30 days of receipt of written notice of the adverse decision. A request for an administrative review will be considered to have been "filed" when personally delivered in writing to the appropriate decision maker or when the properly addressed request, postage paid, is postmarked.(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, an untimely request for administrative review may be accepted and acted upon if the participant can demonstrate a physical inability to timely file the request for administrative review.67 FR 13251, Mar. 22, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 37720, June 25, 2003