Can a FORM be routed to a different approval list using criteria in the form_SD table?

We have a requirement to route a form to 2 different groups if the form is denied by the first level manager. With the delivered FORM build and approval the only way I was designing this to work was:

1. Employee will fill the form and submit
2. Ones the manager review the form if they need to deny it they will update a Field in the form to "Deny" and "Approve" the form so that the form can be routed to the next group to review. (I added the Step criteria to look at a value in the FORM_SD table) but this is not working