[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR408.406]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 408_SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS--Table of 
Contents
 
                     Subpart D_Evidence Requirements
 
Sec. 408.406  How do we evaluate the evidence you give us?

    When you give us evidence, we examine it to see if it is convincing 
evidence. This means that unless we have information in our records that 
raises a doubt about the evidence, other evidence of the same fact will 
not be needed. If the evidence you give us is not convincing by itself, 
we may ask you for additional evidence. In evaluating whether the 
evidence you give us is convincing, we consider such things as whether:
    (a) The information contained in the evidence was given by a person 
in a position to know the facts;
    (b) There was any reason to give false information when the evidence 
was created;
    (c) The information in the evidence was given under oath, or with 
witnesses present, or with the knowledge that there was a penalty for 
giving false information;
    (d) The evidence was created at the time the event took place or 
shortly thereafter;
    (e) The evidence has been altered or has any erasures on it; and

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    (f) The information contained in the evidence agrees with other 
available evidence including our records.

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